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No gambling for hurricane victims — Brooklynian

No gambling for hurricane victims

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  • anonymous
    anonymous
    The riverboat casinos are a huge economic engine in the Gulf region providing not only entertainment but a substantial amount of tourism jobs which is why it is devastating that the casinos have all been wiped out.
  • muk
    muk
    Understood.

    However, I think that editorial gaffe was in juxtaposing a longer term (albeit legitimate) economic issue with a near-term human crisis of massive scale.

    And CNN, I believe, agrees, as they removed the lede within minutes of going up.
    CHimay7 wrote: The riverboat casinos are a huge economic engine in the Gulf region providing not only entertainment but a substantial amount of tourism jobs which is why it is devastating that the casinos have all been wiped out.
  • alex
    alex
    CHimay7 wrote: The riverboat casinos are a huge economic engine in the Gulf region providing not only entertainment but a substantial amount of tourism jobs which is why it is devastating that the casinos have all been wiped out.
    Also the bring in a TON of tax revenue for the state
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    I can't believe that businesses as profitable as casinos wouldn't have insurance for exactly this kind of thing.
  • jack
    jack
    Carnivore wrote: I can't believe that businesses as profitable as casinos wouldn't have insurance for exactly this kind of thing.
    Casinos are profitable and disposable. The buildings have been paid for long ago. Now they're trashed, but it would not be too difficult for many of them to come back to life... That is if the city itself comes back to life...
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    Carnivore wrote: I can't believe that businesses as profitable as casinos wouldn't have insurance for exactly this kind of thing.
    trust me, they do.
  • captain m
    captain m
    Many Insurance companies wont cover damages (or at least full dmages) in the event of an "act of god".
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    Captain M wrote: Many Insurance companies wont cover damages (or at least full dmages) in the event of an "act of god".
    they will - you just have to pay for it.
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