Slot Machines and Heroin?

Anti slot machine groups have often gone to great lengths to scare voters into deciding against bringing slot machines in, but even now they have to admit that they may have crossed a line. Richard Young, President of Casino Free Mass is now comparing slot machines to heroin use – which seems just ridiculous. Many in the slot machine industry say that they are used to these types of scare tactics, and they say that quite often they work.

Young says that slot machines are not scrutinized the way other products are, and that they urge legislators to reject slot machines and gambling. He says that the “debate should be all about predatory gambling” and compared it to the subprime lending fiasco.

They claim that the design of the slot machine makes it tough for people not to play them, and that with the new leadership that is in office they may feel the need to follow other’s leads – but they urge them not to. They say that slot machines are not safe and that nothing good can come of them.

Young told those that were for the slot machines that they should be ashamed of themselves for even considering them. He says that they will not bring in the money that they had hoped for and that all they will do is make matters worse in the long run for the state when they have to set up all the plans to help those who have developed slot machine addictions.

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