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Not like we will have ever have a casino in Northwest Alabama any time soon. I will be the first one to tell you more than likey your hardly ever going to win at most of them anyway, they don't build them casinos, pay their employees and pay the light bills to be in the business of losing money.

But the facts are:

Mississippi has 30 casinos.
Employes 25,730 people.
Employee wages average of $855.25 million dollars last year alone.
Gross revenues since they legalize gambling was 2.465 billion
Gambling taxes since 1992 is 296.34 million.

1% of indivduals who gamble will develop a pathological gambling problem.

And if Tishomingo County goes wet, what next for them.

Is gambling a sin, the only thing so far that I found was Exodus 20:17 "You shall not covet your neighbors house, you shall not covet your neighbors wife, or male or female slave, ox or donkey that belongs to your neighbor". This does not apply to me since Shania Twain is not my neighbor.
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North Alabama STILL has areas where you can't buy alcohol where would there be a casino? It is a testament to stupidity that this state is bordered on all sides by states that have a lottery and thousands of Alabamians spend money on lottery tickets to support education in other states. But as long as the good Christian folk, crooked politicians(like Riley) and corrupt businessmen have their way the steady flow of potential revenue will leave the state.
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Originally posted by dolemitejb:
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what is wrong with an area NOT wanting alcohol sold in their area?


Nothing is wrong with not wanting something. Plenty is wrong with those who don't like something using the government to prevent EVERYONE from having that thing.


That's a philosophical argument...not legal. In fact their is nothing wrong with one city/county being dry and the next being wet...in fact it's a great example of Federalism/Localism.
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That's a philosophical argument...not legal. In fact their is nothing wrong with one city/county being dry and the next being wet...in fact it's a great example of Federalism/Localism.


I only meant it philosopically.

Ferrell questioned what would be wrong with not wanting alcohol sold. My position is that there's nothing wrong with that, but there is something wrong with wanting to prevent people from voluntarily trading with each other, including trading alcohol.
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Originally posted by rocky:
North Alabama STILL has areas where you can't buy alcohol where would there be a casino? It is a testament to stupidity that this state is bordered on all sides by states that have a lottery and thousands of Alabamians spend money on lottery tickets to support education in other states. But as long as the good Christian folk, crooked politicians(like Riley) and corrupt businessmen have their way the steady flow of potential revenue will leave the state.

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