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tapakip t1_j8t2bdc wrote

Reply to comment by amos106 in 'Land, heritage and culture protected.' U.S. court sides with Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe by zsreport

I'm not a fan of it either, but the gambling genie was out of the bottle a long, long time ago.

Multiple casinos already nearby, scratchers, lotteries and keno everywhere you look, and now mobile app sports gambling, among everything else. Either get rid of all of it or let the tribe share in that blood money.

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amos106 t1_j8t5016 wrote

Agreed, for the record I'm in the get rid of it all camp. I have nothing against the tribe and the arguments against their recognition were flimsy at best. Just disappointing to see how normalized gambling has become. Vices are fine when they are treated as a luxury, but I grew up in the area and I know what the unfortunate reality is. There will absolutely be kids in the surrounding towns that get stuck in the poverty cycle because their parents are addicts. That's just how the world works and it's sad to see us washing the blood of the past off of our hands with the blood of the future.

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