"Other states that have tried to get in on slot parlors have struggled. Four years after Pennsylvania legalized gambling, only half of the state's 14 slot parlors have opened, and competition was light for some of the licenses. --more--"
Keep that in mind, readers!!!
"A far cry from Foxwoods, but these no-frills casinos pay big; Slot parlors, such as Treasurer Cahill has proposed, have proved a $900m cash bonanza for Pennsylvania" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | March 15, 2009
BENSALEM, Pa. - .... The slot parlors in Pennsylvania are doing brisk business using a model that is remarkably uncomplicated: cramming a building full of slot machines, playing loud music over a stereo system, and sending scantily clad waitresses around with drink trays.
Yeah, some whore is going to make me go to the casino. Pffft!
Do you know why the Globe is pro-gambling, readers?
See: The Boston Globe is a Mouthpiece For the Jewish Mafia
And what about the fact that US VOTERS REJECTED GAMBLING LAST TIME AROUND?! That NEVER FACTORS in, so apparently the VOTERS VOICE does NOT MATTER in MASSACHUSETTS!!!!!
Last year alone, the slots brought nearly $900 million to state government coffers in a gambling tax, and the facilities have created more than 6,000 permanent jobs.
Oh, they are PERMANENT, huh? Better check with those laid-off Foxwoods people!
And while casinos in gambling meccas like Las Vegas have seen a massive decline in the economic downturn, the revenues here have been rapidly growing. They are taking hold after opening just two years ago, overcoming stiff competition from full service casinos over the border in Atlantic City.
Yeah, they are STEALING BUSINESS from NEXT DOOR! What a great, unified country we are, huh? Fuck the neighbor!
"From a revenue standpoint, these casinos are doing very well; month over month they're seeing growth," said Doug Harbach, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the state agency that regulates the industry. "And if you look at the numbers in Atlantic City, they're being impacted greatly because we have casinos here."
In 2004, Pennsylvania lawmakers legalized up to 61,000 slot machines at 14 facilities throughout the commonwealth, which could give Pennsylvania more slot machines than anywhere outside Nevada. Seven have opened so far, and two more are scheduled to open later this year.
Yeah, that was a PROBLEM a little while ago (on a slow Saturday, no less)!!
Governor Edward G. Rendell was the chief advocate, winning a difficult political fight by arguing that the slots would produce as much as $3 billion in revenue annually to put toward economic development, keeping the ailing horse racing industry afloat, and reducing residents' property taxes.
Where do I start? Rendell is a Clintonite shitter, the horse-racers SHOULD be out of business, and we were promised property tax relief by the shit guverner and he lied.
The slot parlors have to pay little money upfront - only $50 million - but they have to agree to one of the steepest tax rates in the country, 55 percent.... A wide variety of gaming interests bid on the Pennsylvania licenses, including tribes like the Connecticut-based Mashantucket Pequots who operate Foxwoods; large Las Vegas-based casino conglomerates like Las Vegas Sands; and smaller gambling companies like
Yeah, it's still ALL the SAME DAMN JEWS bidding on the immoral vice that destroys communities, readers -- and the joo crime daily HIDES IT ALL!!!!!
Most of the locations in Pennsylvania have drawn little outcry, in part because most have been located at racetracks, far from neighborhoods and in areas already accustomed to gambling and the traffic. But the two slot parlors that are slated for Philadelphia, a city that prides itself on being the home of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, not slots and video poker, have been mired in controversy.
Foxwoods, which was chosen to build one of two standalone parlors, faced such strident neighborhood opposition for its waterfront location that it has been looking elsewhere, possibly converting two floors of a downtown Burlington Coat Factory. Another building it has been eyeing is just two blocks away from the Liberty Bell.
Yeah, COMMUNITIES HATE the LYING, LOOTING, CRIMINAL JOOS coming into the community and WRECKING IT with their PROFIT-TAKING IMMORALITY!!!!!
"This is a predatory business that the state not only legalizes but promotes," said Jethro Heiko, a 36-year-old founder of Casino-Free Philadelphia who lives about 300 yards from where one of the casinos is proposed to be built. "Most cities that host casinos become known only as cities that host casinos."
And WE KNOW WHY because WE KNOW WHAT INTERESTS the JOOISH NEWSPAPER PROMOTES!!!!
The 55 percent cut that Pennsylvania gets from the slot revenues essentially makes the state a majority shareholder, and the move has paid dividends.
Yeah, FOR NOW!!! See: Rhode Island First State to Bail Out Casinos
You HAD IT with the AGENDA-PUSHING GARBAGE!?
The seven slot parlors brought in $1.6 billion in gross slot revenue last year, meaning the state made $888.6 million. There have been 6,200 permanent casino positions created so far, along with 17,000 construction jobs to build facilities or retrofit old ones.
Yup, it is ALL a GRAND SUCCESS!! Man, am I EVER SICK of the Boston Globe acting as a PIMP for the JEWSIH MAFIA and a BUSINESS AGENT for BOSTON because THAT'S ALL the PAPER IS!!!!!!
It typically costs slot parlor owners in the tens of millions or hundreds of millions to erect the parlors - nowhere near the $1 billion Governor Deval Patrick once imagined for full-fledged resort casinos in Massachusetts.
Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack, south of Philadelphia and about 10 minutes from the airport, built a $430 million facility that focuses so little on the amenities that its high-end restaurant is closed three nights a week. Even the Temptations Buffet is closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Which means you will be pulling that lever in a shit hole. Then again, I've been to casino once and that is where that scum clientele belongs!! I wasn't impressed with the place!
The demographic is a noticeably older one, at least on one recent weekday. At about 4 p.m., a reporter counted 35 walkers, canes, and wheelchairs during a walkthrough of the casino floor, which is about the length of two football fields. There is a gift store that sells an odd assortment of items, including porcelain puppies, Philadelphia Eagles seat cushions, and camcorders.
Yeah, let's RIP OFF the ELDERLY so the state can SEND MONEY OUT to CORPORATE LOOTERS and DEBT PAYMENTS to BANKS!!!!
Hey, it's the ANSWER to all the state's problems, isn't it?
"I'm retired, and I don't want to sit at home looking at the television set and listening to my wife," Joe Peruto, a 79-year old retired accountant who lives about 15 minutes from the slot parlor, said between puffs of his cigar. "It's just something to do."
I'm SURE SHE is GLAD you are gone, too, shitter!!
Take another chomp down on that cigar, 'eh?
Cahill estimates that Massachusetts could reap $244 million in annual slot tax revenues by licensing three slot parlors. The treasurer, who also oversees the Massachusetts State Lottery, has said the state should consider privatizing the lottery, though he doesn't think the introduction of slots would affect lottery gambling much over the long term.
I love the SHIT BACKGROUND from the GLOBE HERE!! First of all PRIVATIZING the LOTTERY is ILLEGAL and secondly, his FIGURES are a DAMN LIE!!
See: The One-Armed Bandit of Massachusetts
Thanks for setting the record straight, Globe, you agenda-pushing piece of shit!!!!!!!!
The Pennsylvania Lottery, which started in 1972, has continued to increase statewide but has fallen in most counties where there is a slot parlor, according to a legislative report issued last year.
Oh, so the SLOTS are a NET LOSER, how about that?!! Yup, SAVE that INFO for the END of the PIECE, you fucking piece of propaganda shit Globe!!!!!!!!!!
The slot parlors are not the tourist destinations that casinos in Las Vegas or even Connecticut are. Almost all of the license plates in the parking lots are from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. And while several locations will soon open and others, including Philadelphia Park, are expanding, the clientele is unlikely to change....
If you want to read about those scum, you can go --here
Of course, when it comes to organized crime, look what gets a mention in my jew mafia newspaper:
Mafia loan sharks making a killing
Look at what doesn't:
Russian-Israeli Mafia: Off-limits to FBI, US intelligence
Surprised? I'm not.
