Comments on: Gambling away our cities: experts demonstrate that casinos don’t bring prosperity https://vancouvernotvegas.ca/2012/11/gambling-away-our-cities-casinos-richard-florida/ Non-partisan opposition to expanded Edgewater casino and expanded gaming in Vancouver Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:56:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Salvador Gordon https://vancouvernotvegas.ca/2012/11/gambling-away-our-cities-casinos-richard-florida/#comment-46552 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:56:33 +0000 http://vancouvernotvegas.ca/?p=2136#comment-46552 The city’s problems remain despite a flood of casino money that New Jersey required the gambling houses to cough up. The casinos pay 8% of their revenues to a state fund that uses the money, among other things, to help senior citizens afford prescription drugs, and pays for transportation including mini-buses that shuttle seniors to and from grocery stores around the state.

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