I agree that the world is fraught with temptation and there are those that fall into those many traps, but I guess I can’t get use to the idea of our state making money off of gambling. For arguments sake, can we follow the same thought process with prostitution. Legalizing it would take money out of the hands of organized crime, would lessen the disease recirculation so prevalant among prostitutes and would surely create a safer environment for the participants. Another similarity is only a few people are really addicted to prostitution, so legalizing it would simply make it an occasional pasttime for nonaddicts. This would be a steady cashcow for the state. PD, I know this is ridiculous, but it makes for fun discussion.
JP