When you think of casinos in the US, normally you think of the centers like Las Vegas and Atlantic City. These are cities that have built much of their industries on gambling and tourism. Although they are the biggest and most well known, now things are changing in the world of gambling. In fact, almost every state these days is toying with bringing gambling laws in. They see the huge tax-revenue potential with gaming and want a cut. The recession left many states with few ways of managing financially and the deficits are huge. Because of this, it is going to take a few months for things to regulate and for states to find additional funding options. One problem is where are the funds going to come from?

The quick answer is to implement gambling—legally and regulated— into the state. Pennsylvania, for example, has just approved slots parlors. They are hoping that slots will bring in the millions of dollars needed to overcome state deficits in funding. When Las Vegas released its numbers last year it was surprising to find out that slots were the biggest and most reliable money-maker of all the games available. While high-rollers slowed down on the large-wager tables, gamblers continued to go into casinos to play the slots. Because of this research casinos throughout the country are trying to use slots as a money generating activity. They are hoping the millions expected will be channeled into the economy and help to bring it back from the recession. Though the recession is over, the financial aftermath is still proving to be difficult to overcome.

Right now research is showing that some form of gambling is legal in forty-eight of the fifty states. That is a huge number and that means that a wide range of legislators are hoping to capitalize on slots gaming. Only time will tell how reliable it is, but for now it seems like it is going to be a sure-fire way to bulk up state coffers. Without gambling, many legislators are arguing that there are few other avenues of finding the millions needed to handle the budgets.

Tags: gaming, law, legislation, Pennsylvania

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