Saturday, May 26, 2007

Place Your Bets

The Associated Press reported on May 25 that "Two dozen people cheated casinos in several states and Canada out of at least $3.3 million over five years by using technology and bribes to rig card games, federal prosecutors alleged in indictments unsealed Thursday."

All this alleging took place in San Diego and Seattle.

Why do I not care if these people stole from casinos? Casinos cheat ignorant people out of their money every day.

The only people who always make money in casinos are the people who own the casinos. They set the odds, and the odds always favor the house.

Throughout the rust belt, in cities that once had factories that provided good jobs and useful products, casinos have replaced the factories. The casinos pay low wages and produce nothing but gambling addicts.

I don't know or care who stole from the casinos. They were indicted. When will the prosecutors indict the cheaters who own the casinos?

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