Tribal Casinos still allow smoking in their casinos. Employees and customers are subjected to the dangers of second hand smoke. Is it time for CA legislators to protect the health and welfare of tribal casino employees? They practically have eliminated smoking OUTDOORS in many cities, yet casinos are exempt.
A recent survey in New England resulted in evidence that people would prefer to gamble in a smoke free environment:
In a random-sample poll of nearly 4,000 residents of the region's six states, half of those who participated in some form of gambling in the past year say they are more likely to visit a casino where smoking is prohibited on the gaming floor. Only 15 percent say they would be less likely to visit a casino where smoking is banned, while 35 percent say it doesn't matter.
Among respondents who had actually visited a casino in the past year, 53 percent said they are more likely to visit a casino that bans smoking. Among women, who constitute a majority of slot-machine players at New England casinos, 57 percent prefer a smoke-free gaming floor, the survey found.
The evidence is piling up on customer preferences. Yet the health of customers and employees seems to matter to tribes.
What do you think? Time to end smoking in tribal casinos?
Showing posts with label Tribal Gaming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tribal Gaming. Show all posts
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Is it Time to Legalize Casino Gaming Off Tribal Lands in CA?
It's time for California to legalize gambling, regulate it, tax it and reap the benefits of casinos in our higher populated cities.
California faces a budget crisis that is reaching critical mass. Two years ago, tribes promised us with exaggerated claims, that we'd reduce our budget deficits if we passed Props. 94-97. Schwarzenegger said it was good for California, knowing at the time that one of the tribes hadn't even taken it before their people. Some tribes even tried to keep Californians from voting on the propositions.
Where are we two years later, not only didn't expanded gaming fulfill it's promise to California, tribes haven't even benefitted. All the slots we were told would bring MORE dollars to California haven't even been placed into casinos. Tribal gaming is suffering from economies.
Self-Reliance has become a joke, replaced by civil rights violations, tribal citizenships destroyed so that remaining tribal members could steal per capita from rightful citizens, that we've documented here many times. Many tribes have not benefitted from gaming, that was promised by Pechanga's Chairman Mark Macarro when we passed Props. 1A and 5 a decade ago. Tribes have gained political clout, from the monopoly established by allowing gaming on reservation land, which, while good for tribes, has not been as good for CA citizens, other than our politicians.
We need revenue and the trickle that CA gets from tribal gaming needs to be a flood. More jobs, more spending here in our state, less money spent to get to distant casinos or Las Vegas. We need gaming legalized and regulated so that we can see where the money goes. You do realize that we have NO RIGHT to audit tribal books? They are self regulating. I'm not saying we can't trust the tribes, but, hey, they've cheated their own people, why would they cheat Californians too? Or as some tribal people put it... "normal people".
What do you think?
California faces a budget crisis that is reaching critical mass. Two years ago, tribes promised us with exaggerated claims, that we'd reduce our budget deficits if we passed Props. 94-97. Schwarzenegger said it was good for California, knowing at the time that one of the tribes hadn't even taken it before their people. Some tribes even tried to keep Californians from voting on the propositions.
Where are we two years later, not only didn't expanded gaming fulfill it's promise to California, tribes haven't even benefitted. All the slots we were told would bring MORE dollars to California haven't even been placed into casinos. Tribal gaming is suffering from economies.
Self-Reliance has become a joke, replaced by civil rights violations, tribal citizenships destroyed so that remaining tribal members could steal per capita from rightful citizens, that we've documented here many times. Many tribes have not benefitted from gaming, that was promised by Pechanga's Chairman Mark Macarro when we passed Props. 1A and 5 a decade ago. Tribes have gained political clout, from the monopoly established by allowing gaming on reservation land, which, while good for tribes, has not been as good for CA citizens, other than our politicians.
We need revenue and the trickle that CA gets from tribal gaming needs to be a flood. More jobs, more spending here in our state, less money spent to get to distant casinos or Las Vegas. We need gaming legalized and regulated so that we can see where the money goes. You do realize that we have NO RIGHT to audit tribal books? They are self regulating. I'm not saying we can't trust the tribes, but, hey, they've cheated their own people, why would they cheat Californians too? Or as some tribal people put it... "normal people".
What do you think?
Friday, May 14, 2010
CA Senator Rod Wright to Introduce Online Poker
A prominent California legislator is set to deliver a new intrastate online poker bill by the end of the month, and he has defied tribal interests to sue if they believe their sovereignty is infringed by the measure.
Speaking at the Global iGaming Summit and Expo (GiGSE) in Montreal yesterday, Senator Rod Wright of Inglewood, CA., announced his intention to debut a measure that would propose the legalisation of an intrastate poker system in California within the next two weeks, but the veteran lawmaker acknowledged there would be conflict over the bill.
Tribes want YOUR computer to be considered a "Gaming Machine" and in violation of compacts. That being the case, should tribes be allowed to use computers? Tribes like Pechanga, Picayune Reddint et al, have proven it's about greed. Let's get gaming money back into our state where it's needed.
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