Tribes Speak Out About Pending Gambling Law
Mixed emotions have been spilling over the state of Kansas since last Friday when the House passed the expanded gambling bill. Emotions heightened on Monday as the Senate gave the green light to the bill as well sending it on to the Governor. As we wait for the Governor’s decision which is foreshadowed to be a new state law people are beginning to speak out.
Related Gambling News:
- Casino battle divides tribes
- Three applications pending for off-reservation casinos
- New gambling compacts could put tribes at odds
- Protesters decry lack of worker protections in casino agreements
- Tribes gird for casino competition
- Casino deal is win for Cordish
- Tougher gambling laws wouldn’t help Texas tribes
- Some tribes say deals will sink smaller casinos
- Study finds wealth disparities between tribes with and without casinos
- Tribes divided over new gambling deals
- Gambling panel OKs more slots for tribes
- Provision would require tribes to report gambling revenue to members
Do you know that:
- Massachusetts decriminalized bingo in 1931 in an attempt to help churches and charitable organizations raise money. Bingo was legal in 11 states by the 1950s, usually only for charity purposes.
- People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
- Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
- Casino gambling, including Indian gaming, is legal in 27 states and most of the casinos have been built in the last 5 years according to "America's Gambling Fever", U. S. News and World Report, 15 Jan 1996
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