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> Every year a bill which the local gambling lobby supports goes fwd
> in the legislature. They hire some previous legislator or
> administration official to lobby. But looks like this year, the
> bill may not have been entered or it never left the committee.
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> It might have been because Las Vegas is doing very badly lately
> because of our poor economy. Was in the Star Bulletin yesterday
> that there have been hundreds of layoffs in that industry lately in
> Las Vegas. How much worse would it be in Hawaii if our economy is
> based on casinos? It's a falacy that casino gambling is always good
> for our economy-- not to mention it does great harm to our society
> by luring compulsive gamblers into bankruptcy and crime to cover
> their losses.
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