Originally Posted by
Bob21
I have no problem being an AP, and also respecting what a casino does. Why can't you?
Because I see it every single day of my normal (pre- coronavirus) life. Again take a ride up North Las Vegas Blvd through the homeless corridor towards Jerry's Nugget. And you don't even have to go to the homeless corridor. You see it downtown on Fremont street. You see it all up and down Boulder highway. On the lower strip by the Strat, and all up and down Paradise and Maryland parkway to the airport. You even see it in the nicer parts of Henderson and Summerlyn where I used to live in a gated community. Outside the gate, 100 feet away behind the strip mall, a homeless encampment.
And you can say every city has its homeless growing problem. And that is about addiction. A lot of drug and alcohol addiction. And that is the case here in Vegas as well. But here for many, the addiction is gambling, the drug is gambling and the casinos are the drug dealer. And that is no exaggeration. They know exactly what they are doing. They roll out the welcome mat for these folk on the first of the month when they get their welfare checks and/or whatever other assistance they are on.
And I have already mentioned Friday evenings at these local type casinos. There is a line, 30, 40, 50 people deep at the cage waiting to cash their paycheck. That isn't by accident, the casinos encourage that. They offer bonuses and free drinks for workers to cash their checks before they ever make it home to their families.
And before that it was senior citizens and social security. Before social security benefits went to direct deposit, casinos enticed Seniors in to cash and blow their social security on the 3rd of the month. So what if grandma has to eat cat food the rest of the month.
Tax season and tax refunds....same thing. Yes, people have to take responsibility for their own actions, but these are predatory actions, thought out by a predatory industry. So don't give me any of your "entertainment business" bullshit. That is a false narrative for the local type casinos here in Vegas.