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Re: *** Chicago Casinos " VOTE " ***

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From: Ken Konecki
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:34
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In article <9301091147@drktowr.chi.il.us> magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes:
>I don't understand how a casino would drive out existing jobs.  Seriously,
>could you explain that maybe?  I really don't see it...

As someone else indicated, one of the goals of a casino is to
keep people inside the casinos and they are quite successful at
it.  Knowing this fact, it is easy to see why the economy
around a casino shrivels up and dies.  Atlantic City is a good
illustration of this effect.

Cheers,
    -Ken K
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Subject: Re: *** Chicago Casinos " VOTE " ***
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