Unemployment: If Slot Machines Were a Solution ....

If slot machines were a solution, why is California unemployment: 12.2 percent ???

New Hampshire, with NO gambling, that recently appointed a Blue Ribbon Commission to examine issues surrounding gambling, reports a rate of 6.9%.

Utah, with no gambling, has an unemployment rate of 6.0%.

Rhode Island with 2 slot parlors has an unemployment rate of 12.8%.

Nevada, gambling capital of the world until recently, has an unemployment rate of 13.2%.

Michigan has an unemployment rate of 15.2%, a businessman testified before Congress that Michigan streets should be paved with gold were casinos a solution. This is NOT the auto industry, folks!

Massachusetts reported an unemployment rate of 9.1%.

Hawaii, with no gambling, has an unemployment rate of 7.2%.

Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary provides some thorough information that seems to disprove the infallibility of casinos as job creators.

Before we embrace the theory of gambling as job creator, maybe we need to follow New Hampshire's lead and appoint a Blue Ribbon Commission.