blkmex Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 it can work in College Station as well So let me imagine this.......... 45,000 A&M students also 10,000 Blinn students, that sure would be a major headache for the local police departments. I really wouldn't care if we legalize gambling in Texas and if we don't Louisiana is only right there ----------->. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 So let me imagine this.......... 45,000 A&M students also 10,000 Blinn students, that sure would be a major headache for the local police departments. I really wouldn't care if we legalize gambling in Texas and if we don't Louisiana is only right there ----------->.I don't know about you, but people don't like to drive long distances. Expecially those who gambling caters too. Besides, Why let thousands/millions/billions of our dollers just pour into Louisiana? Why not let it circle here? I'm sure the head honchos in Austin wouldn't minde the extra income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkmex Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Besides, Why let thousands/millions/billions of our dollers just pour into Louisiana? Why not let it circle here? Well I cant argue with that statement, good point....... Texas has over 23 million people and that number is growing daily. We should put the money back into our own economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 I'm not sure how I feel about gambling along the Texas coast. I have a friend who lived in Biloxi during that whole change, and she said it was never the same after gambling came. It just changed the whole demographic, and not in a good way. I am not convinced that is the way to go for Galveston, and I am considering opening a business there in a few years, one whose very existence relies on tourism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 I am not convinced that is the way to go for Galveston, and I am considering opening a business there in a few years, one whose very existence relies on tourism. Will you give me a discount on a moped rental, since it was my idea first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Casinos bring in major tax dollars. Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 There are a lot of people in this state who feel that gambling is morally wrong. You can't brush them aside with a "Nuff said.". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 i tend 2 thin8k that gambling will actully be good for Texas. I DOnt think LA would be happy becuz it will take away from their profit, but i say go for it. It might actully lower taxes in our state. But i'll bet that woud have a direct bering on how property taxes will be determind in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 There are a lot of people in this state who feel that gambling is morally wrong. You can't brush them aside with a "Nuff said.".For political purposes, you're right that you can't brush them off, but here's how you could actually get their support:Gambling is commonly referred to as "a tax on the stupid". So call the gambling legislation the "Sin Tax Act", and watch the religious folks fall in line. Seriously, though, if you can't prevent sin because you can't control the legislature of a neighboring state, then at least put the money in our own coffers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Good grief. Grownups decide their morals. It is not slave labor or abortion or cruelty to animals. It is entertainment .... video poker, slot machines; couldn't be any more immoral than betting on the dogs or the horses? The Baptists preach that morality crap. I enjoy gambling on occasion, not daily or even monthly. But if Texas doesn't want revenues, then Louisiana will keep on raking it in from Texans. By the way, they have gambling in Baton Rouge so to have gambling in College Station wouldn't be different than Baton Rouge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Texas will never legalize gambling, Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Could this be a sign? With Fertitta lobbying hard in Austin, and Moody now holding out?Moody Jr. betting the farm? By Laura ElderThe Daily News Published September 11, 2006 - Updated 36 minutes agoTexas hold em: Hotel and resort developers lately have been rustling up some of the last parcels of ranchland on the island's West End. (Investors this year paid $33 million for 1,050 acres of a tract known as the Chapoton Ranch between 8 Mile and 11 Mile roads.) But some land-owners aren't in an all-fired rush to sell. Robert Moody Jr., who owns a working ranch on the West End, confirms that several developers have come calling.I have no interest in selling at this time, said Moody Jr., the son of Robert L. Moody, who runs American National Insurance Co. and whose family controls tourist complex Moody Gardens.That's not to say Robert Moody Jr., 46, is against development. If, say, developers of a casino resort came calling, he'd be all ears, he said.I'm for development, he said. My personal belief is that someday there will be gambling on the island. In Texas, gambling is still illegal. In Galveston, the subject is touchy. Moody Jr., who heads Moody Insurance Group, said his views are his own and do not reflect those of his family or Moody interests.Texas is losing out on billions of dollars that go to states where gambling is legal, he said. Texas and Galveston could use revenues from gambling to fight beach erosion and protect the sizeable property tax base on the West End, he said.Galveston needs jobs, and they're hard to come by, he said. It would be a big benefit, and we should be more proactive.Rumor roulette: Meanwhile, Buzz is chasing rumors that an out-of-state developer is buying up sizeable chunks along Seawall Boulevard, betting that gambling will someday return to the island.http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.l...19c4325170490f1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaG Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 If I was a betting person... I'd say within 10 years...there will be casinos in Galveston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 If I was a betting person... I'd say within 10 years...there will be casinos in Galveston.Oh yeah, these people are privy to all sorts of information we're not. I'm almost certain that's where we are headed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB4 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Legalize gambling, sure, but saddle casinos with the same sort of location restrictions that are often placed on adult businesses or convicted sex offenders. Not within X feet of school, church, daycare center, etcetera.Certainly gambling brings a negative element, but if a casino was built on some vacant industrial land near the east loop, would it really matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkmex Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Why when/if Texas get into the legalize gambling organization everyone is talking about locating the casinos near coastal cities? I feel a casino in San Antonio will be better than Galveston, I would put Corpus ahead of Galveston for possible location. I understand Galveston is closer to the 4th biggest city in the nation but a casino in S. A would be better because S. A is a better tourist town than Galveston I don't know the numbers but I wonder who get more tourist S. A or Galveston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 We all love S.A. I am most certain or atleast like it, but this is a Houston forum and of course we want it to go to Houston or surrounding areas. In this case surrounding areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkmex Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 We all love S.A. I am most certain or atleast like it, but this is a Houston forum and of course we want it to go to Houston or surrounding areas. In this case surrounding areas. I understand that I'm about 90 miles to the North West of Houston and I would love it to be nearby but I'm talking about something to a larger effect benefiting not only Houston but Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaG Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Not to mention that Houston/Galveston has Tillman Fertitta pushing it hard and fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I understand that I'm about 90 miles to the North West of Houston and I would love it to be nearby but I'm talking about something to a larger effect benefiting not only Houston but TexasUnderstandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Perhaps limit Gambling to two islands? Galveston & South Padre... Moody Gardens already looks like a casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Texas will never legalize gambling, Nuff said.What the hell do you think the Lottery and the dog track and the horse track are semipro? It is just a matter of time before we'll get the casinos. Waaaaaaaaaayyyyy too much money to be had NOT to do it. Mississippi said the same thing about casinos, and it has done nothing but help the economy of that state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Just spinning y'all wheels. Continue on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 There's a proposal floating around Austin that would expand legalized gambling in Texas.Link... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headli...es/4461911.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Hoffman is on the money. We have horse and dog tracks and the lottery. What difference would it make to have casinos and video machines at the tracks? Texas, wake up and smell the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
native_Houstonian Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I totally agree. On time, on a trip to a Louisiana casino, I couldn't help but notice that almost every car in the garage had a Texas license plate on it. When I walked inside, I asked a casino employee if she knew how many of their customers resided in Texas. She told me approximately 95%! And, I would bet (pun intended) that at least 50% of that is from the greater Houston area. Let's keep our money here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tierwestah Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 There's already a thread started about this.http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=7528Moderators.... please merge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 There's already a thread started about this.http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=7528Moderators.... please merge.Done. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Perry's campaign finance report filed this past week and examined by the AP showed a $10,000 contribution from Tilman Fertitta of Houston, chairman and chief executive of Landry's Restaurants Inc., which owns Golden Nugget casinos in Nevada.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4485206.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double L Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I don't think we should legalize gambling in Texas unless our education was in some sort of fiscal crisis. Right now I don't see that happening. If it is not supporting our education funding then it will just increase our crime and we can't deal with that in the Houston area. Even if we had a fiscal crisis I wouldn't want full scale gambling and I would only support small legalazation such as video poker at dog races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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