How ironic that the folks who helped establish casino gambling in LV by loaning the wise guys money when nobody else would are now taking actions antithetical to gambling.
Mike Crapo is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has been a member of the church since at least the time of his marriage in 1974, according to Wikipedia.
Looks like the Mormons as well as the christian right are using politics as opposed to proselytizing and persuasion to achieve social change which parallels their teachings.
Call it a "sin tax."