"Never mind the moral qualms over whether the state should be depending on gambling as a source of revenue.

Government long ago graduated from being merely the piano player to being the social-events coordinator in this particular sporting house.

Never mind also whether the proliferation of gambling threatens to tacky up the landscape. That slippery slope was long ago descended toboggan style, witness just in this state with proliferation of advertisements for casinos. Slots in every retail establishment are merely a question of time."

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Gambling craze not a good bet for states (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 7/13)