🚀 go-pugleaf

	I'm just curious.. with the recent downturn in the quality of 
discussion in this group (read: the rise of lame spam ads) I was 
wondering what you guys thought of this whole issue of bringing Casino 
gaming to Ohio.  
	I think the promises of the contributions a Casino could make to 
Cleveland have been greatly exagerrated... there's nothing quite like 
going into a "real" casino and watching people drop their life savings 
into a slot machine... $10, $20, $30.. before too long you lose count of 
how many $20 bills you popped into the machine.  As I walked through a 
casino in Windsor, Ontario (actually I was mostly dragged into it by 
nagging relatives anxious to see it) I couldn't help but gawk at the 
sheer madness of it all!  Blinking lights EVERYWHERE!  Noise beyond that 
of a rock concert!  Friggin plinking coins every 5 seconds hitting those 
damn metal trays that seem to be made to make 5 coins dropping down seem 
like a million bucks!  What the hell has this world become when we call 
this entertainment!?
	I haven't been to Atlantic City in a long time so I can't really 
speak of that or Las Vegas... but Windsor seemed to be enough for me.. 
it's not even that big of a city actually.. perhaps as big as Akron.. 
maybe smaller.  Proximity to Detroit across the river certainly helps 
them out...
	
	I'd like to know what you guys think a casino would do to 
Cleveland.. would it hurt or help our economy?  IMHO you'd be better off 
becoming an alcoholic rather than get addicted to gambling.. it's just 
not worth it.  


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