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Slot Machines
Do Not Bring in Crime
Whenever someone
talks about bringing in slot machines
someone else automatically links it to
crime. People always have all these
statistics that they can quote and
stories that they can tell about slot
machines bringing nothing but crime and
addiction to their city. They say that
slot machines are the worst possible
things that a city or a state can do to
themselves and they argue that they
should not bring them in.
However, whenever you talk to a city
that actually has brought in slot
machines they don’t have those same
stories to tell. Rather they tell the
opposite – they say that the slot
machines have not brought in any extra
crime and some cities report that their
crimes have actually gone down. They say
that the number of robberies, murders,
beatings, etc. have all decreased since
slot machines came to town.
According to a recent report from
British Columbia, the slot machines that
came to Hastings Park fall into the
latter category. They say that the
number of crimes, etc. have dropped
since the slot machines came into their
town. The City of Vancouver reports that
there has been no increase in crime,
although they say that gambling
addiction is still a problem.
They say in addition to a decrease in
crime they brought in a nice amount of
revenue. They reportedly brought in $2.6
billion in slot machine revenue last
year, and expect there to be even more
this year.
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