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- From: magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto)
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- Subject: Re: *** Chicago Casinos " VOTE " ***
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- References: <1993Jan21.042928.3681@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 21:26:02 CST
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- Ted Frank (thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan06.110247.3112@uumeme.chi.il.us> sfoley@uumeme.chi.il.us (Sean M. Foley) writes:
- : > There can be no doubt here; Obviously, casinos would bring Chicago a large
- : >amount of needed revenue, and that can only be positive to the community in
- : >general..
-
- : Your initial assumption is false. 70-80% of the gambling would be done
- : by Chicago residents. That's a net outflow of money to out-of-state
- : casino owners, especially when you include the fact that money spent
- : on gambling is not going to be spent on local businesses.
-
- It's not false. The net outflow of profit goes out of state, but not
- the tax revenue. At any rate, a gambler is going to spend his money
- on gambling and not on local business. The only difference is the
- money will go to the casino owners instead of a bookie.
-
- : Take a look around Atlantic City, three blocks away from the Casinos.
-
- Take a look around Chicago, 1 block from the stadium. The stadium didn't
- make the neighborhood. The casinos won't change the neighborhood either.
-
- -Louis
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