Against Slots and giving parks to be as Casinos

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

What most people don't understand is it is only for those 4 racetracks and Rocky Gap Resort, not every bar in the state.

Which I have no problem with. I don't want slots everywhere in the darn state. I don't want to be another Las Vegas...I'm just voting Yes so that the race tracks can stay alive and maybe get some extra school funding (though that isn't being counted on )

 

[sommpd]

I'm all for slots

That is exactly the problem inequity is being created to benefit the racetracks and the State park is being done to appease western maryland and get the votes not for any good financial reason

Why should I care if someone wants to spend their money on slot machines? Why should I care that is in only five locations? Why should I care that the people who now go to Charlestown and Dover are going to be spending their money in Maryland, increasing our tax revenue?

 

[dawn]

I am also voting for slots in Maryland.



I dont play slots, but I really wish they would bring table games to Maryland.

 

[czygvtwkr]

We get slots then in 5 years there is another budget crisis because instead of learning responsibility with money they just found more money to throw down the toilet and the cycle goes on and on.

 

[sommpd]

We get slots then in 5 years there is another budget crisis because instead of learning responsibility with money they just found more money to throw down the toilet and the cycle goes on and on.

How is not having slots going to change that? We'll just have less revenue for them to screw up!

 

[czygvtwkr]

How is not having slots going to change that? We'll just have less revenue for them to screw up!

Because maybe they can learn to budget instead of just grab more money.

 

[sommpd]

Because maybe they can learn to budget instead of just grab more money.

No..they will just grab more money.

 

[The Oyster Guy]

Because maybe they can learn to budget instead of just grab more money.

Yep, Maryland's budget problem isn't due to lack of revenue: rather, it's the result of out-of-control spending. It's time for Maryland to stop emulating the behavior of a drunken sailor on shore leave - and sober up.

The Governor cut $350M from the budget just last week... that's decent for starters... Cut, baby, cut!

 

[Tonio]

A big reason I oppose the slots initiative because it would give the private licensees a third of the take. That's almost as obscene as the racket that the slot owners were running in the Southern Maryland bars a few months back, stealing huge amounts of money out of the area while giving the local non-profits a few crumbs.

I also oppose giving the horse racing industry a share of the take, but that's more on principle. Horse racing has been falling in popularity for years, and the slot machines in Charles Town and Dover cannot change that - they can only provide artificial support to racing, like overpricing stocks. It's as ridiculous as suggesting that the NFL share its profits to keep Major League Soccer afloat. If horse racings lost its support from slots, the business might contract to a reasonable size and achieve self-sufficiency with a smaller but more devoted fan base.

I would support slots in Maryland only if the state owned the machines directly, or if the non-profits owned the machines directly, with no private machine owners involved at all. While I have reservations about government-run gambling, it's still preferable to gambling controlled by private interests.

 

[aps45819]

I'm just voting Yes so that the race tracks can stay alive and maybe get some extra school funding (though that isn't being counted on )

There will be NO extra funding for schools. Any PROFIT from the slots (the extra money lying around after the race track pays every expense they can justify) will be used to REPLACE current schoo funding

 

[u gotta love me]

A big reason I oppose the slots initiative because it would give the private licensees a third of the take. That's almost as obscene as the racket that the slot owners were running in the Southern Maryland bars a few months back, stealing huge amounts of money out of the area while giving the local non-profits a few crumbs.

I also oppose giving the horse racing industry a share of the take, but that's more on principle. Horse racing has been falling in popularity for years, and the slot machines in Charles Town and Dover cannot change that - they can only provide artificial support to racing, like overpricing stocks. It's as ridiculous as suggesting that the NFL share its profits to keep Major League Soccer afloat. If horse racings lost its support from slots, the business might contract to a reasonable size and achieve self-sufficiency with a smaller but more devoted fan base.

I would support slots in Maryland only if the state owned the machines directly, or if the non-profits owned the machines directly, with no private machine owners involved at all. While I have reservations about government-run gambling, it's still preferable to gambling controlled by private interests.

State regulated…… yeah that’s what’s best, you are right.

 

[u gotta love me]

A big reason I oppose the slots initiative because it would give the private licensees a third of the take. That's almost as obscene as the racket that the slot owners were running in the Southern Maryland bars a few months back, stealing huge amounts of money out of the area while giving the local non-profits a few crumbs.

I also oppose giving the horse racing industry a share of the take, but that's more on principle. Horse racing has been falling in popularity for years, and the slot machines in Charles Town and Dover cannot change that - they can only provide artificial support to racing, like overpricing stocks. It's as ridiculous as suggesting that the NFL share its profits to keep Major League Soccer afloat. If horse racings lost its support from slots, the business might contract to a reasonable size and achieve self-sufficiency with a smaller but more devoted fan base.

I would support slots in Maryland only if the state owned the machines directly, or if the non-profits owned the machines directly, with no private machine owners involved at all. While I have reservations about government-run gambling, it's still preferable to gambling controlled by private interests.

There will be NO extra funding for schools. Any PROFIT from the slots (the extra money lying around after the race track pays every expense they can justify) will be used to REPLACE current schoo funding

And what a great edumacation you had.... not trying to beat you down, but if the money is going to places other than Maryland..... then why not let us get the perks of the people gambling their money, rather than the other states? :shrug:

 

[u gotta love me]

I am voting YES for number 2. I beleive we need all the help we can get for the future generation and if that means bring more money to the state through slots....well then I am for it.

 

[toppick08]

I am voting YES for number 2. I beleive we need all the help we can get for the future generation and if that means bring more money to the state through slots....well then I am for it.

I'm voting no......because when our great Republican Gov. wanted them, the spineless Dems said no way.....

 

[aps45819]

And what a great edumacation you had.... not trying to beat you down, but if the money is going to places other than Maryland..... then why not let us get the perks of the people gambling their money, rather than the other states? :shrug:

What are the "perks"?
Do you have any idea where the money will be shuffeled to?
Allegedly the slots profit will be used to replace (not increase) current school funding.

That's all they're saying

Would you support increased funding for Casa de Maryland?
How about more services and medical care for illegals?
Is paying Baltimore hood rats to pass their math test a "perk"

 

[msqtech]

No studies that show the money will transfer

Why should I care if someone wants to spend their money on slot machines? Why should I care that is in only five locations? Why should I care that the people who now go to Charlestown and Dover are going to be spending their money in Maryland, increasing our tax revenue?

There are no studies that show this will happen those new areas are not in competition with those areas but located far from them. They will attract new local gambling not pull from surrounding states.

 

[The Oyster Guy]

I also oppose giving the horse racing industry a share of the take, but that's more on principle. Horse racing has been falling in popularity for years, and the slot machines in Charles Town and Dover cannot change that - they can only provide artificial support to racing, like overpricing stocks. It's as ridiculous as suggesting that the NFL share its profits to keep Major League Soccer afloat. If horse racings lost its support from slots, the business might contract to a reasonable size and achieve self-sufficiency with a smaller but more devoted fan base.

I agree. Why are we amending the State Constitution to guarantee funding to prop-up an dying industry like horse racing in the 21st century? Horse racing was great sport back when horses were everyday transportation... today, eh, not so much.

Hell, if the State really needs tax revenue so badly, let's dispense with the half measures and just legalize gambling - period. The State can book wagers on NFL games and NASCAR racing and take the bookie's cut for their effort. That'll have the 'ol tax coffers brimming with cash in no time!

 

[sommpd]

There are no studies that show this will happen those new areas are not in competition with those areas but located far from them. They will attract new local gambling not pull from surrounding states.

Who needs a dumb azz study. Whatever happened to common sense. I'm ok with it being local gambling...it's still revenue.

 

[aps45819]

Please be wary of the current administrations need to ammend a document written by honest men whose concern was the welfare of the citizens

 

[aps45819]

Who needs a dumb azz study. Whatever happened to common sense. I'm ok with it being local gambling...it's still revenue.

Common sense wonders why it requires a constituional ammendment to allow slots.