Why so many states are legalizing gambling?

For many years gambling has been outlawed in most of the United States,
but recently several states have made the move to legalize gambling in
one form or another. In this article we will look at why these states
decided to make the change

There are currently 13 states that have legalized gambling and they have
over 450 casinos between those states, and they bring in 72 billion
dollars a year.

From this money states get extra money for road repair, schools and
many other things that a state needs money to fix and maintain.

In the last 10 years there have also been a large number of Indian
casinos being granted licenses in states that do not have legalized
gambling, which means the only place t gamble in those states is in the
Indian Casino, and they do not pay taxes on that money.

Many states are waking up and realizing that there is a very profitable
business out there that they are not getting any revenue from, and not
only does it bring money into the state it also creates thousands of
jobs for each casino that opens. So for a state with a high unemployment
rate this means more people are working and less of the stats money
needs to be spent on these people, again a win for the state and the people.

It also means more money for the state to feed kids a hot meal at lunch
and the money to put new books in the classrooms and maybe to build more
schools. This money is also used in some states to hire more police
officers.

Legalized gambling besides bringing in more money to the government in
taxes also brings money into the community gamblers will use services
such as hotels, restaurants and other local attractions while they are
in the area. This can bring a major boost to a small starving economy
separate from that of the casino.

Another reason why many states are pushing to make gambling legal is to
attempt to wipe out the illegal gambling business. Many people feel that
if gambling is legalized there is no reason for people to go to sleazy
and dangerous back room casinos.

These type of places are becoming harder and harder for the police to
find and as soon as they do find them, they will either pack up and
change locations or another will just take their place. Another bad
thing about illegal casinos s that there is no one monitoring to make
sure the casino is not cheating their players.
In many cases police have raided illegal casinos and found that all the
table and card games are rigged for the casino to win, and if this is
ever discovered the casinos operators have in the past committed murder
to keep their secrets, and most people fear for their lives and refuse
to cooperate with the police.

Legalized gambling is monitored to make sure both the player and the
house are playing an honest game.
Do not let all of this make you think that gambling has no downside. A
lot of this money has to go to treatment for people, who develop
gambling addictions, and most cities with a casino do usually see a rise
in crime in those areas, so more police officers are not just a luxury
it is a necessity.