Utah Holds On as Tide of Casino Gambling Rises in U.S.
Utah is an increasingly unusual and isolated island in a sea of states addicted to gambling money, according to two new, separate reports by Stateline. org and the Pew Research Center.
"States are more addicted to gambling revenue than ever as the lure of easy new money for schools, tax relief and public services has led to an explosion of state-sanctioned casinos, slot machines at racetracks and lottery games," Stateline. org, a news service that covers state governments, said this week. It noted that 25 years ago, gambling was legal in only three states.
Now it said that every state except Utah and Hawaii rely on gambling to help avoid raising taxes. To show how some forms of gambling have grown, it said North Carolina in March became the 42nd state to launch a lottery. The Pew report added that Americans spent a record $52 billion on lotteries in 2005. Stateline. org adds that three more states ? Wyoming, Arkansas and Alabama ? are currently considering adding state lotteries.
May 31, 2006
Posted By Bob Hartman
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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