Comments on: The on again off again gambling/games of skill issue in Ohio

By: Rockets Man

Rockets Man — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:42:22 +0000

Where was my post from yesterday?

By: Hooda Thunkit

Hooda Thunkit — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:03:44 +0000

Sooner or later, the gambling interests will get their way, or they will never stop trying to do so. It’s their job.

And when they do, I hope that we label any monetary incentives coming from this as a stupidity tax or a tax on the mathematically challenged. . .

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:38:32 +0000

For me that’s part of the problem, if we are truly going to be against gambling then to have the State advertise the lottery seems a tad…hypocritical. I did not support Learn and Earn and I can’t really say I’m a fan of gambling either, especially since it is over touted as some type of a financial windfall when some of our neighbors are discovering that the more gambling locations created, the less profit.

I do agree that it’s obvious trying to promote some of these games as “games of skill” would have been pretty difficult for the average person to buy. Yet I still wonder with the way the document from Petro was worded exactly who is responsible for determining if a game is a game of skill or one of chance.

By: Daniel Jack Williamson

Daniel Jack Williamson — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:24:38 +0000

The lottery is only legal because it’s being done by the state. I’m happy about this turn of events. I’m one of those voters who vote down EVERY gambling expansion ballot issue. Perhaps Dann and Strickland had a talk, and Dann found religion. Strickland earns kudos from me on this one.