Legalization of video slot machines is widely debated these days in the state. It is only natural that the looming prospects of money raising would be highly attractive for the Gov. Mitch Daniels and some members of the General Assembly. The idea of transforming all the possible forms of illegal gambling to the legalized ones has sweet revenue promises for the state. It is still unknown how much the state would eventually yield from the legalized video slot machines. But if approved, it would mean a large step for the states towards the ultimate gambling expansion.
The rational of such polarized proposal is quite simple. Illegal slot gambling was already in wide use, only the state has not seen a single penny from these operations. This straightforward reasoning, however, cedes infusion of myriad accompanying problems, which have not as yet been considered by the lawmakers.
Earl Crinols and David Mustard of the University of Georgia who’ve conducted a study on casino gambling, unequivocally inferred that casinos increase all forms of crime excluding murder. Community members may benefit from the temporal surge in employment opportunities, but at the end the crime will surpass it all. It is highly unlikely that the proposal will go through with all the mentioned side effects that the state will have to deal with.
