Another View: Casino gambling would corrupt NHs healthy image

IF MULTIPLE casinos were legalized in New Hampshire, we would suffer thousands of new pathological gambling addicts, destruction of thousands of families, a pox on New Hampshires healthy image, and a negative economic impact equal to an additional recession every 10 years. Those are the facts.

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Thu, November 17th, 2005

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Gambling history facts:

  • Nevada is the oldest and largest legalized gaming center in the United States. Gaming was legalized in Nevada in 1931 in the middle of the Great Depression as a form of economic stimulant.
  • The major differences between regular poker and video poker is that you are playing against a machine rather than real people, and your goal is to achieve particular hands rather than beat opponents hands.
  • Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.
  • The brand new resort, Wynn Las Vegas recently opened on the Las Vegas Strip. At a cost of approximately $2.7 billion, the Wynn Las Vegas features 2,700 guestrooms and suites, casino (table games, over 1900 slots/video poker machines, poker room with race and sports book), several restaurants, a night club, golf, a shopping esplanade and a show called Le Reve.