Gambling. 429, 430, 431

[BigRedBuster]

How did everyone vote?

[RedDenver]

[BigRedBuster]

11 minutes ago, RedDenver said:

It's pretty straight forward.

[GSG]

I'm assuming these are Nebraska ballot measures. What are they for? 

[schriznoeder]

3 minutes ago, GSG said:

I'm assuming these are Nebraska ballot measures. What are they for? 

 

Nebraska Initiative 429

 

Nebraska Initiative 430

 

Nebraska Initiative 431

[BigRedBuster]

5 minutes ago, GSG said:

I'm assuming these are Nebraska ballot measures. What are they for? 

yes.

 

I think:

 

429 = allows casino gambling at horse race tracks

430 = sets up a commission to regulate it

431 = creates a tax on it that would go towards property tax relief.  

[knapplc]

I voted no because I like seeing Nebraska revenue continue to stream out of the state for no good reason.

 

I also would have voted no on the marijuana bill for the same reason. I hate money and I need all of it to leave this state as soon as possible, preferably to neighboring states so they can profit off our ignorance.

[Ulty]

4 minutes ago, knapplc said:

I voted no because I like seeing Nebraska revenue continue to stream out of the state for no good reason.

 

I also would have voted no on the marijuana bill for the same reason. I hate money and I need all of it to leave this state as soon as possible, preferably to neighboring states so they can profit off our ignorance.

Voting against your own best interest? You are a true Nebraskan, my friend.

[commando]

i predict a few dozen horse race tracks open next year and they will all sponser 1 race per year so they can operate their casinos.

[Mike Mcdee]

Josh, from BBB Printing, made a nice little shirt about our state.

 

 

http://stores.bbbprinting.com/flowchart/

[BigRedBuster]

I voted yes mainly because people bet all the time now.  I know lots of people even from central Nebraska that take the weekend and head to Council Bluffs to the casinos.  So, why not keep that here?

 

And....the anti gambling commercials are so misleading.  According to them, we are going to have casinos in every county right next to schools and churches.  

 

I lived in Iowa long enough with their casinos to know it's not going to all of a sudden create mass poverty and homelessness.  Most people who have a gambling problem already have places they are losing their fortunes.

[RedDenver]

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

It's pretty straight forward.

It's a "How" question with a yes or no answer, which doesn't make sense because I didn't know what "Gambling. 429, 430, 431" means. Apparently it's something on the Nebraska ballot?

[knapplc]

3 minutes ago, RedDenver said:

It's a "How" question with a yes or no answer, which doesn't make sense because I didn't know what "Gambling. 429, 430, 431" means. Apparently it's something on the Nebraska ballot?

 

Foreigners. 

[GSG]

  Our gambling measures in Colorado were "Do we allow local communities to determine their max bets on games?" and "Do we allow churches and charities to have raffles and Bingo to make money?" 

 

 

[Ulty]

18 minutes ago, GSG said:

  Our gambling measures in Colorado were "Do we allow local communities to determine their max bets on games?" and "Do we allow churches and charities to have raffles and Bingo to make money?" 

 

 

Man, bingo parlors can make a lot of money. My high school marching band in Colorado had old crappy uniforms, and we marveled at another school in another part of the metro that had fancy new uniforms every year and expensive props and set pieces for their shows. I was told that they paid for all that stuff every year because they had a booster organization that ran a bingo parlor and made bank.