Would you support it?

There are already casinos here.

No; that just doesn't seem like a good idea for San Francisco. There are some casinos not all that far away, I think. People can just go there.

We have a bunch here already.

CBA.

Sure why not?

Yes!

No, it would increase the number of people spending money they don't have in search of the big win. It's addictive and potentially destructive and a waste of money. Of course they are adults and can do what they want but I just have a bad feeling about gambling.

I might but I wouldn't support one near our Little Italy or our China Town - both those peoples are notorious gamblers and it could be harmful to their communities!

No way. It's not something we need in this area at all.

Unless it lowered property taxes... then maybe...

No and never would i ever support this crap , it would bring crime to this town drug addicts and prostitution
and all kinds of crime to this town

> Yes!

Can i send you some casinos and just think what this could do to a small quiet town and the crime that comes
along with drug addicts and all kinds of trouble it can bring

Government run casinos dont bring as many problems as privately owned ones.

> Government run casinos dont bring as many problems as privately owned
> ones.

Oh did not know that and besides we have gambling down near Denver and why bring it here to this town
there is gambling in Central City and Black Hawk
Seems like the number of people will increase twice as many and in this very small town

Who runs the casinos? Are they natives? The mob? the government? I think the ownership of the casino makes the main (but not the only) difference in the element it attracts.

> Who runs the casinos? Are they natives? The mob? the government? I
> think the ownership of the casino makes the main (but not the only)
> difference in the element it attracts.

Probably the mafia runs those casinos down near Denver or the City of Denver might run them and i think
private owned from what I know because they advertise on television so many times
is all you see are gambling commercials and me i would never gamble and I do not
It sure brings the people up here and the traffic and those casinos built their very own highway to get there

No. For variety of reasons.

My classmates. They smoke and have sex and do everything they want all the time and talk about it proudly as much as possible. This sounds like it's going to give them more access to drinks and cigarettes. You know what, i don't care what happens to them, they're doing it already, maybe if they get more and more they'll just drop out of school and start ruining their own lives as early as possible. Then when they find their perspective they'll join me. Or they won't and the whole town will fall further down and I'll just move away.

Yes, provided with a lot of government regulation (eg: some stop-loss limit policy) but also without the casino licenses quotas (Hence more competition).

I don't know probably, I guess.

Yes, because this country needs a massive infusion of revenue

Yes. We have Casinos here in our tri-state.... but they are all in Indiana.

To me, it doesn't seem any different than having bars in your town. It also is "addictive and potentially destructive and a waste of money". Do you think having bars increases alcoholism? It probably does....... What do you think? Is there a difference?

I think adults should be left alone to make their own bad decisions.

Your explanation fails to mention the increased demand on public resources a new casino would places on the community. More jobs means more demand for housing so more development, more roads, more water/sewer, more children (may need to build a new school), more crime (especially given the association gambling has) so more police and equipment for them plus more courts, lawyers and judges, more wear and tear on the road system so increased spending for highway construction and maintenance, etc...

All this doesn't mean a casino is a bad idea, but it's more of a trade-off than casino developers say. Really, this applies to any sort of development. The builders will often make claims that it's good for the economy (e.g. you can collect more taxes!) but they don't mention the demand new stuff puts on the town (requiring more spending).

I said "no" because I don't want any development where I live (a rural town that would be ruined by such a thing). And, I prefer having casinos far away from me as I suspect I may have a latent gambling addiction and don't want to be tempted by something so close to me.

Wouldn't it also depend on how bad unemployment is there to begin with? If a town has high unemployment, and all those new casino jobs are grabbed up by people who already live there, there might not end up being a flood of new people moving in to look for work.

sure, maybe, assuming those unemployed could fill the jobs (how many know how to deal cards?)

Probably. It would be as close to Vegas as I've ever been--so far.

As I said, "Of course they are adults and can do what they want but I just have a bad feeling about gambling." I grew up surrounded by alcoholism so yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing the bars disappear as well. Maybe one kid won't have to listen to their drunk mother complaining on the phone about her drunk husband who spends his whole paycheck at the bar before coming home then suffer the fights when he does come home at 4 am, maybe one kid won't have to live with that. But then, they'd just stay home drunk which might even be worse. See, I'm not the person to ask.

I don't know.... if the mother wasn't drunk... she'd be on pills or some other stupid crap... putting her kids through the same crap with the same men.... I know, because my childhood friend does that crap... She meets a man, falls too quickly, pulls her kids into it so she can live with him... and then next thing I know, I'm getting a call in the middle of the night from her family begging me to talk some sense into her or at least go and kidnap her children to get them out of the house because her drunk man is raging through it. Yeah, I'm sure alcohol/drugs/pills makes them less able to make smart decisions... but even when my friend was rehabilitated and stone cold sober - she put her kids through the same stuff.

My dad went from alcohol to gambling.

My mom drinks pretty heavily, never abused us.... and it never led to anything more.

It sucks when it does.... but it doesn't always.

I meant that he has the personality where he will be addicted to something, when he stopped drinking he just moved to gambling, kept the same personality and outlook.

I'm not sure.

I live in Palm Springs, there are a dozen casinos around me, I personally do not frequent them I do not agree with the whole gambling concept. I think too many people lose hard earned money, better spent on family and friends, then to piss it away in a slot machine. But people do it and I am not the judge of what someone wants to do with their own money, but I do not support casinos politically or monetarily.

There are other community projects that could attract jobs and city revenue besides a casino that would be more beneficial to the local residents.

It is my dream come true

HELL NO! There is one already about 30 miles from me, that's close enough. One in my area within less than 15 would not be good. I would not like that. It can't be a sleepy town with all that hoopin and hollerin goin on.

Hell yeah! Do they have poker?