Without casino revenues, Detroit would have been under emergency manager oversight 6-7 years ago.

The state backed off of revenue sharing "guarantees" that were part of the originally forecasted budget planning when permanent casinos were approved.

For some reason, none of the casino tax revenue forecasts planned for the little recession that caused a few problems around here either.

Not all the results and consequences of the casinos have been good, but there's been more good than bad.