Many reasons why casino gambling is harmful

Many reasons why casino gambling is harmful

I am in agreement with the letter by Daniel Tilbury opposing casino gambling at Hampton Beach for six reasons:

First: It invites organized crime.

Second: It is so addictive that people would rather soil themselves than leave the tables. They gamble away their homes and all their monies, including their retirements, so that they are forced to work until they die and never enjoy the fruits of their labor neither lifelong or weekly to live on.

Third: Casinos lower property values.

Fourth: It promises jobs that are never delivered because all the significant jobs are filled by imported help.

Five: I heard a story that someone lost a humungous amount of money at the tables and blew his brains out. The manager cleared the room only long enough to do basic cleanup then let the gamblers back in with blood still on the carpet. When asked why they did not keep the room closed longer for respect for the dead, the management said that they wanted to let the people have fun. Greedy men. They just want money.

Sixth: The odds always favor the house, thus it is the only business that always fleeces the customer.

Mr. Anzalone, if you want to be responsible for all these things and can live with them on your conscience, I am sure that the people of Hampton don't want it in their town.

Why don't you take it where it wouldn't hurt anyone? How about Antarctica?

Robert Wylde

Rye