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  • Is Gambling a Feasible Source of Funds for the Government

     

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Published: 01.04.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Over the past twenty or so years, great wealth and improved economic and social conditions have been promised to the communities that have embraced legalized gambling. However, with twenty years of experience it is time to look back and analyze whether this is true or not.
It could easily be said that gambling is as American as apple pie. Gambling has shaped American history since its beginning. Lotteries were used by The First Continental Congress to help finance the Revolutionary war. Many of our founding fathers, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington, have sponsored private lotteries. It has been said that 'Our founding fathers were just numbers guys in wigs' At one time baseball would have seemed to be the American pastime. This is not so now. In recent years, the attendance at casinos has nearly doubled the attendance at all major league baseball games, with close to 130 million people visiting casinos every year.1
With so much money at stake, the average gambler does not stand a chance against this big business. …

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