Bill Kearney
Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future
The only businesses that flourish when a casino opens near them are Liquor stores, Check-Cashing joints, Pawn shops, and of course drug dealers, loan sharks and prostitution.
Pittsburgh Tribune - September 3, 2013 - Local businesses awaiting payout from Fayette County casino...
In the two months since a casino opened 5 miles from the Chalk Hill Market on Route 40 in Wharton, owners Ed and Tina Harris have seen a lot more traffic on the two-lane highway that fronts their business in Fayette County.
They don't know whether the vehicles are ferrying gamblers to Lady Luck Casino at Nemacolin, but the couple is certain most of the drivers are not stopping at their store, where players could snag last-minute sundries such as cigarettes before hitting the slots and gaming tables.
“For us to have actually picked up business, it has not worked,” Tina Harris said from behind the cash register as she rang up an ice cream cone for one of the regulars who comprise most of the store's business. “We see a lot of traffic, but not for our store.”
Read more: http://triblive.com/news/
Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future
The only businesses that flourish when a casino opens near them are Liquor stores, Check-Cashing joints, Pawn shops, and of course drug dealers, loan sharks and prostitution.
Pittsburgh Tribune - September 3, 2013 - Local businesses awaiting payout from Fayette County casino...
In the two months since a casino opened 5 miles from the Chalk Hill Market on Route 40 in Wharton, owners Ed and Tina Harris have seen a lot more traffic on the two-lane highway that fronts their business in Fayette County.
They don't know whether the vehicles are ferrying gamblers to Lady Luck Casino at Nemacolin, but the couple is certain most of the drivers are not stopping at their store, where players could snag last-minute sundries such as cigarettes before hitting the slots and gaming tables.
“For us to have actually picked up business, it has not worked,” Tina Harris said from behind the cash register as she rang up an ice cream cone for one of the regulars who comprise most of the store's business. “We see a lot of traffic, but not for our store.”
Read more: http://triblive.com/news/
The only businesses that flourish when a casino opens near them are Liquor stores, Check-Cashing joints, Pawn shops, and of course drug dealers, loan sharks and prostitution.
Pittsburgh Tribune - September 3, 2013 - Local businesses awaiting payout from Fayette County casino...
In the two months since a casino opened 5 miles from the Chalk Hill Market on Route 40 in Wharton, owners Ed and Tina Harris have seen a lot more traffic on the two-lane highway that fronts their business in Fayette County.
They don't know whether the vehicles are ferrying gamblers to Lady Luck Casino at Nemacolin, but the couple is certain most of the drivers are not stopping at their store, where players could snag last-minute sundries such as cigarettes before hitting the slots and gaming tables.
“For us to have actually picked up business, it has not worked,” Tina Harris said from behind the cash register as she rang up an ice cream cone for one of the regulars who comprise most of the store's business. “We see a lot of traffic, but not for our store.”
Read more: http://triblive.com/news/
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