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Anti-Gaming Mantra

Put on a new song, will you?
Every time gaming expands into a new area, or in a newly legalized form, we hear the same arguments—the same wrong, misguided notions—from people who are opposed to gaming. Now, I’ve got no problem with people who are opposed to gambling on moral grounds. I may not hold the […]

Iowa Hot For Casino

You remember Pavlov’s dog. In a classic case of behavorial conditioning, the little fella was trained to expect a reward every time it heard a bell. In Iowa, five rural counties in search of new revenue are having the same response when they hear the words “casino license.”
The state’s Racing and Gaming Commission has set […]

Delaware Dilemmas

This summer marked a maturing of sorts for the gaming industry in the small state of Delaware. The legislature approved sports betting (Delaware is one of the four states grandfathered when the federal ban on sports betting took hold, thanks to a parlay-style sports lottery the state ran in the 1970s), and approved the addition […]

Are Dealers Really That Stupid Or That Unhappy?

Last week, the dealers at Caesars and Bally’s in Atlantic City voted to strike the two casinos for failing to reach an agreement with their union, the United Auto Workers (UAW). My first reaction was that they must be incredibly stupid to vote to strike in this economic environment. But then my second thought was […]

Racing’s Power

Ohio is only the latest state to embrace racinos to “save” its horseracing tracks. The state follows Maryland, Florida, Pennsylvania and other states in instituting this form of gambling. Most have chosen this option more of a tax revenue producer, however, than as a racing savior. That’s certainly true in Ohio where an anti-gaming governor […]

Flights of Fancy

In recent weeks, commissioners in Miami-Dade County, Florida, voted 8-3 to let the county manager seek a permit that would allow the county to apply for a state license for slot machines at Miami International Airport.
It’s an out-of-left-field notion, to be sure, but the county’s collective aviation facilities are struggling with $600 million in annual […]

Racino to Casino?

In recent weeks I’ve had occasion to speak with several racino developers who say that, while casinos are supposed to save live racing, they may ultimately replace it, at least in some cases.
One observer, who did not want to be identified, said racing is too humdrum an activity for the iPod generation; another remarked, “The […]