Column: The good and bad of tribal casinos in Oklahoma

Monday, March 1, 2010  

"The best thing about all the casinos surrounding us is that these gaming establishments put a lot of people to work.

Money doesn't count itself — or does it?

Money might count and stack itself but it doesn't transport itself, invest itself, guard itself.

It takes human beings to cash payroll checks, to serve drinks, to deal all those queens and treys at blackjack.

It takes people to make TV commercials that show happy players draining the slot machines.

Shared casino profits have kept the horse breeding and racing industries on solid hoofing nationwide."

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