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Maryland legislators voted 86-52 in a Nov. 2007 special session to put a slots referendum that would change the state's Constitution on the Nov. 2008 ballot. The Constitution would be amended to add 15,000 slot machines at five locations: Anne Arundel, Cecil, and Worcester Counties, City of Baltimore, and on state property at Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort near Cumberland. Two of the sites are racetracks--Laurel Park in Anne Arundel and Ocean Downs in Worcester. Legislative analysts predict that $650 million a year would be generated for the state. Results of the referendum were 1,444,340 for the amendment and 1,018,047 against. Approval is still needed in the 2009 legislative session.
     
Top 10 Reasons to Oppose Slots PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 21:33

 

  1. Far from providing tax relief, casino gambling and slots drain a community, typically costing taxpayers $1.90 for every $1 collected in revenue.

  2. Casino gambling and slots cannibalize the economy of a community, destroying restaurants and retail businesses.

  3. Businesses suffer a loss of productivity due to workers who gamble.

  4. Gambling is a regressive tax paid primarily by the poor.

  5. Burglary, robbery, bad checks, and other crimes always increase dramatically when casinos and slots come to town.

  6. Bankruptcies, divorces and suicides increase wherever casino and slots gambling is allowed to prey on a community.

  7. Gambling is the fastest growing form of addiction among U.S. teens, women and senior citizens.

  8. Casinos and slots facilities are a convenient front for organized crime to launder money from other activities such as drugs and prostitution.

  9. Political corruption is rampant in states receiving revenue from casinos.

  10. No government, at any level, has the moral right to raise revenue by preying on the weaknesses of those in society who can least afford it.

 
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