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If Gambling would become Legal, would it turn the economy Around ? or Would it Hurt it More ?

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Guess there's always Two ways to look at it.

I mean the old saying is, the Bookmaker always Wins, and if the Gov. would become the "Bookmaker" it's got to Help.

or, some people think it's like the Devil. People that are already in trouble and Can't afford it will gamble their money away, instead of putting it out there in Local businesses.
 

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You cant say it will "turn an economy around" because its never happened anywhere before. Its just not possible.

Make the Govt the bookmaker and i guarantee it will go downhill faster than any economy in history.....
 

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Neither. Not enough money in a coure of the year. All the jobs not related to sales already exist.
 

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It could harness money already being spent in many markets already and employ some. If this is referring to sports betting and poker combined. There is a big market onshore here that is underground and much that get pissed away out of the US offshore.

We still need real jobs making real stuff but tapping into unrealized markets like these that already exist can be a small help...
 

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From BAS 20 riverboat fact thread:

2. Twenty years ago, on April 1, 1991, the Diamond Lady left Bettendorf, Iowa as the first riverboat casino to set sail in the nation, kick-starting a region reeling from a farming crisis.
 

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It'd be a drop in the bucket nationally, but may have bigger effect on Nevada.
 

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Turn the economy around? LOL

The ship has sunk, the USA is fucked.
 

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