As the Massachusetts Gambling Commission prepares to meet for the first time on Tuesday, there is one fundamental question before them that needs to be answered before they can move forward with any other major decision: “How do you … [Read more...]
Massachusetts ranks #2 in U.S. in “The Sucker Index”
Bloomberg News released a brand new "Sucker Index" today. It created the Sucker Index with 2010 data from the US Census and annual reports from state lottery commissions. The total dollar amount of prizes awarded was subtracted from ticket … [Read more...]
One of “The Smartest Guys NOT in the Room” makes Boston debut
Caesars CEO Gary Loveman, the man who was paid $40 million in one year for luring millions of Americans to lose their money during these difficult economic times, spoke before Boston College’s Chief Executives’ Club of Boston yesterday. … [Read more...]
Betting against ourselves
While the government committee charged with getting the country back in the black failed to even meet very often, let alone devise a plan, there is at least one strategy for America's future that our political class can agree on: it’s … [Read more...]
Casino gambling and drinking alcohol ARE fundamentally different
Drinking a glass of wine or a can of beer is fundamentally different than playing a slot machine or buying a $20 lottery scratch ticket: 1) Government does not have a vested interest in how much alcohol citizens drink but government … [Read more...]
Government-created gambling addicts are not equal citizens
In the news video below, WPRI recently spotlighted how more than HALF the revenues from government's casino program comes from citizens who have been turned into gambling addicts- citizens just like Sandy Hall who appears in this story. … [Read more...]
The Personification of Big Citizenship
On February 1, 1960, four African American students - Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (also known as Jibreel Khazan), David Leinhail Richmond, Joseph Alfred McNeil, and Franklin Eugene McCain - from North Carolina A & T State University, sat at a … [Read more...]
They won’t use their own product but they will sing their own theme song
The Boston Herald reports Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut is looking for a new voice to resurrect its catchy "Wonder of It All" theme song and has launched an online "American Idol"-type contest. The contest is open to … [Read more...]
Betraying the American Promise
Because if he did, he'd wave off "destination casinos" simply as a political frame (the term polls significantly better than "slots at the racetracks") and say this debate is about slot machines which make up 80% of casino gambling profits. … [Read more...]
Philadelphia citizens arrested in large action against state-sponsored predatory gambling- VIDEO
Here's what some citizens from the city that helped define America's core democratic principles almost 225 years ago think about state-sponsored predatory gambling: Les Bernal … [Read more...]