Is the Government Addicted to Gambling Revenues?Who's Regulating the Regulators?

[GreenFish66]

Time to Cut out the "On Slot" of Horse Pucky! ...Part 2


Expert panel says horse racing in Ontario needs public support to survive | guelphmercury

Ontario experts propose ways to keep horse racing industry alive - thestar.com


Relying on Gamblers(mostly Seniors) to ensure the survival of a failing Horse racing industry and line political pockets, is a Lose/Lose for everyone...Government should have known better to begin with...Horse racing failed in the past..and is Failing again..

I am all for a Toronto Casino.. because it will more than likely put an end to these small town money sucking fraud machines, and these politically corrupt house hustlers/underhanded operation policies/paybacks...

Casino's are fine when they come along with entertainment, attractions and alluring benefits...

BUT IS just Criminal, when the " House " takes everyones money; without even pretending to make a game of it..

 

[damngrumpy]

Now hear this Now hear this, people are going to gamble regardless of whether its legal
or not. It does not matter whether the government is on board or not either gambling is
a fact of life. I personally don't care I rarely gamble, well not really I buy the odd crossword
and Lotto Max.
I have thought about putting a few friends together and buying an El Gordo ticket out of Spain.
The big draw once year on December 18Th and the prize this year is around 1.13 billion dollars.
Tickets are around a hundred and fifty bucks. You can buy a portion of a ticket for about two
bucks or a whole ticket.
I am tempted to get a guest name and buy a ticket just like the old Irish Sweep stake days.

 

[GreenFish66]

Your correct in saying People will Gamble; DamnGrumpy.....The problem is the Government should not be in the Gambling Industry...Creating A lose/lose industry , supported by Gamblers....They are frauding Gamesters...Creating a poisonous/unrewarding gambling atmosphere..Is no fun for anyone..No one wins, but the crooked house bookies.....Look at the faces of people in a Casino( if you ever go); they are not having fun..Even if they do(very rarely ) win big..They tend to keep the excitement to themselves ,perhaps showing consideration to all the other losers...OR.. have lost as much as they were finally able to win back...
...Or ... Perhaps...just " Afraid to be Happy "(A Newly Coined Canadian Term/Phrase.)

Afraid To be Happy - An affliction so many Canadians are beginning to suffer from..Afraid that if they are too happy/show their happiness; it will be stripped away from them ..Afraid that their happiness won't/can't possibly last..( probably about an hour on average in Casino )...

An affliction felt mostly by the poverty striken..

Again though...Just to end on a Happy Note..

Casino's are fine when they come along with Entertainment, Attractions, Fair Payouts, and Alluring Benefits/Rewards...FUN!

 

[GreenFish66]

When Government is Addicted to Gambling Revenues...Who is left to regulate the regulators?
Who is there to be sure the public is not taken advantage of...Defrauded of their hard earned money ...Lured with False Hopes and Dreams?

Gov. should not be in the gaming industry...

It is Long past time to Privatize...

 

[JLM]

Yep, along with booze and tobacco and pretty soon Marijuana, but they don't seem to have brains enough to see it isn't a winning scenario. How many people are they housing in jails because they can't handle the addictions? How many broken families is the gov't supporting?

 

[Kreskin]

Sports such as figure skating rely heavily on gaming assistance to survive. They wouldn't be funded by privatized casinos, nor would they by tax funding. Direct gaming funds means funds pass directly to these sports and aren't filtered through government red tax tape.

I use skating as an example. Most communities can rent all of their ice time to minor hockey, and at a pretty high cost. They will keep ice time open for figure skating but won't cut the cost (more hockey players than figure skaters per sheet rental). In a lot of communities figure skating wouldn't survive without gaming assistance.

I guess if it's all about survival of the fittest then Canada would be nothing but hockey. But to be just hockey because we wanted private casinos to make the money then hand it to senators and hope they share it.. well I'd fight that any day.

 

[Omicron]

When Government is Addicted to Gambling Revenues...Who is left to regulate the regulators?

Ahh... so you're saying that the government might do things like fix odds and rig one-armed bandits and roulette tables so the government always wins, which means you think you are not in control of your government, which means you think you still have to suck Queen-E's twat.

She said she doesn't want that, which means when you and she agree, it can be law.

The trick to her survival is she makes sure her kids are as well-bred and well-fed and well-educated as anyone can be, such that the only way to beat her is to have a smarter kid.

What if someone has a *nicer* kid. I bet if the woman I wanted let me breed, I would have had the most insanely excellent kid it would have created feudes just by virtue of everyone hating how good he was, but his mom didn't want to. I had to go live in the States for awhile to see where they were to hate you just because they feared you could kill them, and the irony is, I was living in a place a could have, and it never occured to me even though I know everything how weapons work and could have killed him in a second if it had been in the northern part of Elsmier Island and I cannot think about anything I said.

How are you going to stop people from sneaking away to underground casinos that give even odds? ...

... For if casinos give even odds, then they will go broke 50% of the time, such that every week half will go under and the news will be who is taking over "Felixe's fair-game casino" to see if the executors can turn that foundation into a profit-maker.

Who is there to be sure the public is not taken advantage of...Defrauded of their hard earned money ...Lured with False Hopes and Dreams?

Alrightie Barnie-fresh-out-of-Kingston... is this the best they could teach you?

Gov. should not be in the gaming industry...

You mean like how they do and don't regulate the stock market and in particular the derivatives industry?

If I showed you how derivatives work, would Lucifer cause your head to blow up before it gets explained?

It is Long past time to Privatize...

To who?

If I was to privatize I'd do it to the church.

To whom would you?

 

[damngrumpy]

Face it the government is involved in gambling for a reason and the first reason
is not the money. Government action came as a result of citizens buying foreign
lottery tickets like the Irish sweeps and El Gordo from Spain. Money was going
out of the country every day. At least the money gets used in Canada.
If people want to gamble they will gamble end of story. The government is not
making gamblers addicted they are already addicted. The difference is if the
government is the host addicted gamblers don't get their kneecaps broken.

 

[Omicron]

Gov. should not be in the gaming industry...

It is Long past time to Privatize...

So what happened? Lucifer told you you'd be the last demon eaten in reward for that statement?

You don't know how entropy pits versus photosynthesis works, do you?

 

[Zipperfish]

Face it the government is involved in gambling for a reason and the first reason
is not the money. Government action came as a result of citizens buying foreign
lottery tickets like the Irish sweeps and El Gordo from Spain. Money was going
out of the country every day. At least the money gets used in Canada.
If people want to gamble they will gamble end of story. The government is not
making gamblers addicted they are already addicted. The difference is if the
government is the host addicted gamblers don't get their kneecaps broken.

Oh, I'm pretty sure its money. The government may not break your kneecaps, but they are just as ruthless at hooking you in. In the case of smokes, they got everyone addicted at a dollar a pack and then punched it up to--what?--$15/pack. And booze in BC is through the roof, but they keep coming up with these studies as to why the booze taxes aren't high enough.


Gambling is a tax for people who can;t do math. And any bookie in Vegas giving you odds like Sports Action gives youwould be in business all of ten minutes. That is teh biggest sucker bet I ever seen.

 

[Omicron]

It is Long past time to Privatize...

To me? Really? You're going to give it all to *me* so I can own and/or overthrow everything?

What shall I do with it all.

What starts trouble first?

Dumb Christians or dumb Muslems?

Worst-case scenario... you never read Jeremia.

Tell me why I shouldn't cry myself to death with the sadness of the destruction of what could have been a great civilization!

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Face it the government is involved in gambling for a reason and the first reason
is not the money.

The first reason is money, and the second reason is the government finally wised up an saw the money could go to the government or to organised crime. The former is preferable by a razor-thin margin.

 

[GreenFish66]

Absolute Corruption Guaranteed!

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Gov. Should not be in Gambling Biz...Should be Privatized.

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Gov. IS Addicted to Gambling Revenue.

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Absolute Corruption Guaranteed!

 

[GreenFish66]

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