A lot of people, myself included, have been concerned about the effect of online betting combined with pandemic-limited in-person gambling would have have on revenues the City of Detroit counts on as an important revenue source.

No problem, it turns out. Revenues for February even topped those of pre-pandemic Feb. 2020, according to this Free Press story.

"New figures released Tuesday show that the first full month of online gambling and online sports betting was very lucrative for the city of Detroit, which took in nearly as much in total casino taxes in February as it did for the same month a year ago, just before COVID-19 decimated casinos' in-person business- and the city's budget.

"The three Detroit casinos paid $14.6 million to the city last month in wagering taxes and fees, or 1% more than in February 2020..."

Still I wonder what this means in terms of jobs of casino workers, which must be diminished, and the income taxes they pay.