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There only in a few cities in the US where you can gamble like that, it's illegal in most places. Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Indian reservations, cruise ships,
by dm2 12y ago
There only in a few cities in the US where you can gamble like that, it's illegal in most places.
Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Indian reservations, cruise ships, and casino boats are the only places I can think of that allow gambling in the US.
I'm not sure if there is a loophole for horse racing tracks or how that works.
Video gaming machines might be what you what you saw but they're really not much different than an arcade that spits out tickets. I think those video gaming machines are becoming more rare / illegal.
Our brains aren't wired to correctly calculate the fact that we're more likely to lose than win.
Same with lottery tickets, people get addicted to those things and don't stop until they run out of money. Even people in Haiti would receive a little money (meant to be used for food and other essentials) and spent it on lottery tickets.
- xxs 12y agoI believe gambling is legal in Michigan[1]. It was done in attempt to bring some money in the state. [1]:http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/Michigan/ http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/Michigan/
- dm2 12y agoLooks like they're making a lot of money from those taxes, hundreds of millions per year. I've never heard of MGM Grand Detriot, interesting, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Grand_Detroit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Grand_Detroit
- TwiztidK 12y agoEven if gambling is completely legal in Michigan, most casinos still seem to be Native American owned/run. Actually, it might even be every casino except the three in downtown Detroit.
- randallsquared 12y agoIt's increasingly legal. In the northeast, you're never far from a casino.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoI spent four years growing up in Vicksburg Mississippi, no gambling, very religious place (and really no gambling at all in the southeast). A few years after I left...river boat casinos everywhere.
- lfam 12y agoThere are many places in the US that allow gambling off of Indian reservations. There is even a casino near downtown here in Philadelphia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_casinos_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_casinos_in_the_United_S...
- dm2 12y agoThere is one Indian casino in my state that is 300 miles away and none of the other 5 states that border me have a single casino. The closest other than the 1 in my state is over 600 miles away. I learned a new term today, Racino, had never heard that before, Racetrack/Casino. Only 12 in PA, that's still not too many.
- hudibras 12y agoYou said Las Vegas, but you meant Nevada.