Video gaming is a multimillion-dollar business.
That was true even before the state dipped its paw in the honey jar. Just the other day in a bar in Manteno, a patron made a case for the "old machines." He told the bartender they paid out better. I don't know if that's true. It's probably an argument impossible to prove.
The point is this: People in this county and throughout the state had been pumping cash into bright, noisy boxes for years before they ever became legitimate.
So, when some readers commented on a recent story about video gaming, that the state should not be cashing in on the vices and vulnerabilities of problem gamblers, I couldn't help but think that some portion of that population already had been at risk.
Their lost wages just didn't make it into the state's coffers.
Still, gambling addiction counselors are calling video poker machines the "crack" of gambling.
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