The struggling economy has dealt a bad hand to the nation's usually robust gambling business, a downturn made even worse in Illinois, where the state's nearly year-old smoking ban has proved unhealthy to casinos.Smoking bans seems like the chic crusade these days. Personally instead of finding every excuses in the world to ban smoking where one can why not just tax cigarettes. I'm against taxes personally, but if the goal is to discourage smoking then one was not to go is outright banning the activity.
Among those paying the steepest prices are local governments, charities and their clients, who have come to rely on gambling tax receipts.
The big gambling states— Nevada, New Jersey and Mississippi—are off 5 percent to 7 percent in casino revenue. But the picture is worst in Illinois, where casino revenue is down 20.3 percent this year.
Gambling officials estimate that the state will get between $150 million and $160 million less in taxes, most of it earmarked for education. Statewide, the eight communities with casinos will see $20 million to $25 million less than they took in last year, officials estimate.
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