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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
We have casinos all over the place here in Washington state, and they can be good or bad. The small card rooms that dot the freeways are annoying, but the big, nice casinos can make for a good night of fun every once in a while. A couple here have fun dance clubs, and my fiance swears one of them has some of the best sushi he's ever eaten. It provides a ton of jobs, both during construction and once open, and it's been very good for the indian tribes here. It also attracts our friendly Canadian neighbors (hello BC drivers!) - especially the one with the hotel and attached premier outlet mall - and some of them offer some good concerts throughout the year.
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One thing to note about the WA casinos, though, is that they are on reservations and I'm not sure how much money actually goes to the state. I remember several smear campaigns against Gov. Gregoire because she didn't argue for a bigger cut of the profits. It's one of the larger sources of tribal income around here.
I went in one a few weeks ago to try the food at Tulalip when hitting the outlet mall (casino food in Vegas looks amazing on TV!) and was shocked by the wave of cigarette smoke when we opened the doors. We forgot that they are also immune to several other WA State laws, such as the smoking ban! But that's part of the tribal casino deal, and it sounds like Ohio's isn't about "tribal" vs. "American" soil. They are good for many of the things PeppyGPhiB noted- entertainment venues, food, tourism, jobs...