Why the pro-gambling crowd considers Atlanta a sure thing
Earlier this year, the purveyors of chance worked Georgia’s lawmakers hard in hopes of having them push through legislation that would ultimately legalize casinos.
The meccas for gambling are needed here — the gaming crowd will tell you — because the HOPE Scholarship program will one day run short of money and degenerate gamblers are the answer to educating our youth.
No, actually the gambling conglomerate will talk about entertainment and fancy hotels and luscious dinners at fine restaurants and capturing Georgians who are flying off to gaming resorts in other states. Gamblers losing money to prop up a government program is just a side show.
The legislation didn't pass this year, so there's always next. And the year after that. Gamblers like to hope their luck will change. Usually, it doesn't. But the gambling conglomerates know time is usually on their side.
About the Author
Bill Torpy, who writes about metro Atlanta for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined the newspaper in 1990.
