Next week, more voters will decide the fate of gambling in their state than any other values issue. And in every instance but one, the question before them is not whether to limit gambling but to expand it. Please consider the following initiatives very carefully. Each one will have a significant impact on your communities and families.
Arkansas: Initiative 3 would amend the state Constitution to allow lotteries.
Colorado: Amendment 50 may be called the "Limited Gaming Initiative," but the measure actually increases gambling in the state with provisions that would allow 24/7 casino hours.
Maine: Question 2 would authorize Olympia Gaming of Las Vegas to operate a gaming facility at a single site in Oxford County. This proposal would also lower the legal age for gambling from 21 to 19 and lower the legal age to work in a casino from 21 to 18. The same proposal would also allow the casino to extend credit to gamblers, which is currently prohibited under Maine law.
Maryland: Question 2 asks voters to approve the placement of 15,000 slot machines at five locations throughout the state.
Massachusetts: Question 3, the only anti-gambling measure on U.S. ballots this year, would shut down the state's two dog racing tracks by January 1, 2010.
Missouri: Proposition A would repeal a state law that limits gambling losses to $500 in a two-hour period.
Ohio: Issue 6 would authorize the building of a $600,000,000 gambling "resort" near Wilmington. If passed, it would be Ohio's first casino. For more information, check out www.frc.org for a 2008 Ballot Watch.
Source: FRC
1 comment:
Thank you for the rundown. The arguments in Missouri have sometimes been on the absurd side.
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