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In response to "Also, casinos make children weep spontaneously, upping a region's General Non-Specific Sadness Quotient (GNSQ). -- nm" by TFox

I just know that since 1994 over $4bil has been pumped into Missouri's economy from casinos. Wonder where that money would have come from otherwise. -- nm

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Nov 4 '09, 07:19

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I think it's a fair question to ask where it came from regardless. - znufrii Nov 4, 07:22 7
- People who feel lucky but who, fortunately for the rest of us, actually aren't!! - mara Nov 4, 07:24 5
  - I'm certainly not against gambling, but I don't tihnk it's useful to exaggerate its civic and economic value to society. - znufrii Nov 4, 07:25 4
    - Ah...the displaced spending argument...I know a study was done in 2002 that estimated some $560mil was injected into the economy even with the - Jim Nov 4, 07:28
    - Fun, on the other hand, *can* be created. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 07:27 1
      - which is precisely why I'm not against gambling. :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 07:27
    - true enough, usually from the people who could least afford to lose it as well -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:26
- beyond fair. nay, essential. don't sell yourself short. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 07:23
In fact, in RI, they forced the main dog track and gaming parlor place to pay so much tax revenue to get approval, that they struggle to stay afloat. - TFox Nov 4, 07:22
as long as some is put into extra police and problem gambler groups, I'm for it. -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 07:22
And don't forget the multitude of jobs. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 07:21 1
- Over 11,000 jobs in the 12 casinos here. -- nm - Jim Nov 4, 07:26

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