Casinos are Good

**TKshreve** · October-30-12, 10:19 AM

There's something ironic about the ~9000 jobs created by the casinos being correlated with the amount of livelihoods that are more or less wrecked by the existence of said casinos.

**Danny** · October-30-12, 10:22 AM

CaSINos are evil!

**poobert** · October-30-12, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by TKshreve

There's something ironic about the ~9000 jobs created by the casinos being correlated with the amount of livelihoods that are more or less wrecked by the existence of said casinos.

Before all you needed to do was go to Windsor to wreck said life. You can really bet on anything - sports, elections, horses - in order to wreck yourself. People who have a problem should get help.

It's like Prohibition. The logic was that alcohol ruined lives so that getting rid of alcohol would prevent people from ruining their lives. How well did that work out? The junkie will stop at nothing to get his fix, and those who don't have a problem will still figure out ways to do what they enjoy.

Originally Posted by Bham1982

Keep in mind that we're probably not talking about net new jobs here. Personal spending is fixed, so every dollar going to "gaming" is presumably a dollar not going to some other job-creating expense.

Those 9,000 people with jobs now have a paycheck to spend and I'm willing to bet it won't be at the casino.

Create 9,000 jobs and fill 15% of the city's budget and I'll shut up.

**TKshreve** · October-30-12, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by poobert

Those 9,000 people with jobs now have a paycheck to spend and I'm willing to bet it won't be at the casino.

Create 9,000 jobs and fill 15% of the city's budget and I'll shut up.

Um....... You had me quoted for that second part when in fact it was not me who said that.

But just to add, how do you know that those who work at casinos are not visiting casinos themselves? Seems like a bit of an assumption to me.

**poobert** · October-30-12, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by TKshreve

Um....... You had me quoted for that second part when in fact it was not me who said that.

Sorry about that, fixed.

The second part is indeed an assumption. And assumption that the people who work at the casinos are in fact buying cars, paying rent, shopping, and dining at places that are not the casino.

**Zacha341** · October-31-12, 06:07 AM

Back when I was a quasi casino supporter and devotee, I did some short-term mostly off-site promotional work for MGM when they opened the new building and could not gamble there during that assignment.

Due to federal and local gaming regulations employees are not allowed to gamble at the same casinos they work at. Onsite female employers must also carry 'transparent' purses if they work at MGM I know, having a family member working there. Just in case you might steal, they can see the bills thru you purse --

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I think the other casinos have this policy too. Take a look the next time you see female workers coming off shift!

Oh, and if you wanna work at the casinos most require 'hair' analysis for their drug screening. No urine altering will help... so if you imbibed in the no-no list of stuff you'll not be working there on any level.

Originally Posted by poobert

Those 9,000 people with jobs now have a paycheck to spend and I'm willing to bet it won't be at the casino.