Comments on: Welcome https://vancouvernotvegas.ca Non-partisan opposition to expanded Edgewater casino and expanded gaming in Vancouver Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: SLADE https://vancouvernotvegas.ca/#comment-41 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:16:26 +0000 http://dontgamblevancouver.wordpress.com/?page_id=452#comment-41 GAMBLING INTERESTS HAVE PROMOTED THE IDEA THAT SOCIETY WILL BENEFIT FROM THE TAXES GENERATED BY THE BUSINESS OF GAMING. HOW EVER IT IS PAINFULLY OBVIOUS THAT ANY FINANCIAL GAIN IS MORE THAN OFFSET BY THE TROUBLES BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY BY GAMBLING – THE VARIOUS TYPES OF CRIME LOAN SHARKING , USING THE GAINS FROM IT BY PERSONS (OTHER THAN MANAGEMENT- HOW MANY OF THEM GAMBLE THEIR SAVINGS?)TO FUND SELLING DRUGS ETC

]]> By: Barbara https://vancouvernotvegas.ca/#comment-40 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:50:13 +0000 http://dontgamblevancouver.wordpress.com/?page_id=452#comment-40 Every year I see more and more students whose lives are being destroyed by their parents’ addiction to gambling.
The “know your limits, stay within in it” adds do not touch how addictive gambling can be. Some brains simply get hooked on the pleasure of the one big win. And I do say one…..
Barbara

]]> By: David Deng https://vancouvernotvegas.ca/#comment-39 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:29:51 +0000 http://dontgamblevancouver.wordpress.com/?page_id=452#comment-39 I am Hoping And Praying For The Vancouver Not Vegas Coalition That They Can Eliminate And Destroy This Forever For This City.

From David Deng
Vancouver, British Columbia.

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