Lunch-Time to go out.

[VCDHunter]

They do say that less than 10% of Americans have passports, trouble is they say it like its a bad thing. :P

[BJ_M]

Hello,

I've been to Canada once...that was twice to many. Windsor may be tempting but we have Riverboat gambling now, so there is no need to drive that far.

Actually Detroit has three casinos now:

Mgm Grand
Greektown Casino
Motor City

Not that I'm promoting gambling - just tourism

Kevin

i guess they didnt like that that the windsor casino was the most profitable casino IN THE WORLD (and i think still is in the top 3) ..

IMO -- there are WAY to many casinos around .... it is really sad seeing some of the people in there that should be home (or spending money on other things) just wasting thier day or night losing money ..

i'll be right back - i got to go buy some lottery tickets for tonights draw before i head over to the slots.

[northcat_8]

well come on up and ill take you on a moose hunt or we can do some beaver trapping ...

hmmmm beaver trapping....that's sounds like fun....

....just think, little Northcat genes going international

oh you were probably talking about an actual Beaver

Never been Moose hunting. I figure it to be pretty much like Deer hunting except you can use high powered rifles

[yoda313]

Hello,

IMO -- there are WAY to many casinos around .... it is really sad seeing some of the people in there that should be home (or spending money on other things) just wasting thier day or night losing money ..

Yep i don't like it all.

i'll be right back - i got to go buy some lottery tickets for tonights draw before i head over to the slots.

Hypocrit



Kevin

[Guest]

If you have a public lottery u cannot argue against casinos nor their establishment.

[yoda313]

If you have a public lottery u cannot argue against casinos nor their establishment.

Hello,

You can argue against all gambling. It's just something I don't do and think is a waste of time and money for others.

If a government decides to cash in on it I can't stop that and much more talk on this gets into politics so I'll leave it at that

Kevin

[northcat_8]

[quote="yoda313"]

You can argue against all gambling. It's just something I don't do and think is a waste of time and money for others.

I bet you do gamble, just not in a casino.

[Capmaster]

I think adults can decide what's best for themselves. If they feel that spending 10% of the week's grocery budget on lottery tickets is a good investment, then more power to them. It's a free country.

I personally hold to this description of lottery winning chances:

"The lottery is unique - you have the same chance of winning whether you buy a ticket or not" That's certainly true for me. I'm a horrible gambler ...therefore I don't

[Guest]

My only point is that if a state allows lottery they should have casinos.You can blow your whole paycheck at the party store playin your numbas just as easy..

[pacmania_2001]

Casino = Good
Lottery = Only play once or twice a year when the prize money is high, like the New Years Eve $31 million draw.

[yoda313]

My only point is that if a state allows lottery they should have casinos.You can blow your whole paycheck at the party store playin your numbas.

Hello,

Oh, I thought you were directing at me. The governments can do what they want. We don't have enough individual power to change that. (and that lottery/casino argument is valid and used all the time)

I just don't do it on a personal note.

Kevin

[BJ_M]

many of the casinos are not goverment anyway.. they are native land casinos and can do pretty well what they want .

[Capmaster]

That's certainly true here. We have many different Indian tribes with huge reservations near to Albuquerque - the Santa Ana, Mescalero Apache, the Jemez, the Sandia, the San Ildefonso, the Hopi, the Isleta, the Cochiti, The Acoma, the Laguna ...etc. They all have their own casinos, and are exempt from federal or state law, since an Indian reservation is considered sovereign. They have their own laws, and ours don't apply there

[Guest]

many of the casinos are not goverment anyway.. they are native land casinos and can do pretty well what they want .

Funny,at least in the states, these "soverign nations" have to get approval from state governments for most of what they want to do.

I was driving thru the Everglades one time and stopped for a beer at a roadhouse on the Rez. I started talking to the Chief of the tribe.He told me he was on his way to AC to take a course on casino management,which were in the making.He told me the state was trying to block the legislation due to the possibility that casions might exploit people. I replied that that would be a first, the red man exploiting the white man. I had the whole place rolling with that one This old guy came up to me and told me I wasnt half bad for a paleface

[Capmaster]

I replied that that would be a first, the red man exploiting the white man. I had the whole place rolling with that one This old guy came up to me and told me I wasnt half bad for a paleface

8)

They've gotten even ...believe me