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Out where I'm at in Campton Hills we're seeing business owners asking for the ban to be lifted. I hope it isn't:

https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/01/11/campton-hills-residen...

I can imagine they are. The owner of a reasonably busy restaurant/bar in my hometown said he makes more on the little slot corner per month than he does selling food. It's insane. And you know it's not the people with loads of money laying around losing their money to them.

The owner of a reasonably busy restaurant/bar in my hometown said he makes more on the little slot corner per month than he does selling food.

That's the reason that every† bar, gas station, even supermarket in Nevada has a slot parlor.

I see these people playing slot machines at Albertson's and just shake my head.

† Except Boulder City, the one place in Nevada where gambling is illegal.

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