What Happens in Vegas: A Liquor Store at the Airport?

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In a never-ending quest to separate people's money from them as quickly (and with as little resistance) as possible, Las Vegas' McCarran Airport may be opening a liquor store! I'm not opposed to the idea, I don't guess. Folks are gonna get drunk while they're here, and sometimes what happens here won't stay here. Well, except for their money.

Last week, President Obama got in some hot water for saying that you shouldn't spend money you don't have budgeted in Las Vegas. He wasn't wrong. But Vegas officials were mightily pissed that he said something true about something we already know: our town survives partly on prying every last dollar from some people, whether they can afford it or not.

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Las Vegas Airport Considers Opening Liquor Store

McCarran International Airport officials say putting a liquor store in the baggage claim area could be a moneymaker.

Clark County commissioners have voted to let the airport put out a request for proposals for a liquor store. . .

Read more at: LasVegasNow.com

Thanks to Stupid Monkey Planet for the link.

Casinos in Canada Sued for $3.5 Billion by Gamblers

Whoa! I'll bet some of the big mucky-mucks here in Las Vegas are watching this case with interest. Yes, it's in Canada, but if the suit is successful, you can bet it would be tried here.

Everybody who gambles with even moderate frequency has on occasion gone too far. Anybody who says they haven't is probably lying to you. And problem gamblers are a more serious case--people who can't stop even though they know that they should. But expecting the casinos to bar them from entering seems a step too far for me.

I may be a liberal, but that is by way of a conservative upbringing. Or rather, what conservatism used to represent. I've always believed that you are accountable for your own actions, even if you have a tendency toward addiction. And companies--movie makers, TV producers, video game manufacturers, alcoholic beverage makers, and yes, casinos--should not have to tailor their product to the problem people. You target your product for the general public. The people with problems need to help themselves. OK, rant over.

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Problem gamblers sue casinos for $3.5 bln

Thousands of problem gamblers in have launched a $3.5 billion class action lawsuit in Ontario, saying they were allowed into provincially run casinos despite signing up for a program that should have denied them entry. . .

Read more at: Yahoo! News