Gambling expansion has gotten more bad news.
The crux of the crony conservative argument in favor of gambling expansion is that casinos generate more tax revenue. This talking point, naively accepted from the gambling lobby in states all over the country, has been on life support in Texas for a couple of years.
It may now be operating under a death sentence after casinos in Delaware had to receive state bailouts this year in order to survive.
In fact, casinos are struggling mightily all over the country.
This adds more fuel to the fire that gambling costs states much more than the paltry revenues they bring in. Laws expanding gambling are passed for the benefit of gambling oligopolies who contribute money to political campaigns at the expense of everyone else.
–Washington Post article about Delaware gambling bailouts