Why casino on water

This is just a political issue. Those against casino gambling often remind people of Atlantic City of the s or Downtown Las Vegas of the s; Poor High crime areas with casinos at their centers. He adviced against it as the area between the two was a long walk in a very dangerous area. The historical part would come up again when Montana decided to add Casino…aka Western Saloons. By the time Mississippi got casinos they had done away with the riverboat but still required that casinos be on water limiting them to the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast.

After Hurricane Katrina, the casinos in the Gulf Coast will most like push to be build on land, but will still be required to be limited to certain zone along the coastal areas. Totally IMHO, but after having just visited Saratoga for the first time during the Travers Stakes , I found myself longing for the genteel charms of Atlantic City and Vegas not to mention the swank Foxwoods in the face of the depressing cesspool of humanity I had to wade through at the racetrack.

Gimme a casino any day. My wife says she read in the paper this morning that Mississippi no longer requires the casinos to be on water. They will, however, be limited to the existing areas in Tunica county and the gulf coast. When Missouri and Iowa and Illinois approved gambling, it was sold to voters as a tourist draw. Riverboats would cruise the Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio and maybe a couple of other rivers, cruises would be relatively short and at least in Missouri and Iowa gamblers were limited to how much they could lose on a cruise.

In Missouri after the floods of the Coast Guard grumbled about having the boats cruise upstream a few miles, then spend a half hour turning around in the channel, then cruise back downstream. At that point the restriction that the boats actually cruise was lifted.

One by one the rest of the restrictions have been eased. A proposal to allow gambling in the Branson area was soundly defeated by voters in But the river, up to high tide, was Maryland property, so the slots were legal. My understanding was that boats on the river theoretically fall under Federal jurisdiction a la Gibbons v Odgen thus a riverboat is not bound to state gaming laws.

But gaming statutes are by and large on the state level. In fact I think the only federal law is regarding Indian gaming, and that as I understand it authorizes states to enter into gaming compacts I could be totally wrong about that of course.

Keeping the gambling limited to riverboats meant mainly that St. This was the only way to get the rural, conservative, and landlocked voters of most of the state to approve the measure. When Illinois enacted the Riverboat Gambling Act in , casinos were not only required to be located on a river, but actually had to set sail during gambling sessions. Launched in , Rivers Casino was built over a shallow pit of water near the Tri-State Tollway to comply with state law.

The gambling expansion bill opens the door to everything from sports betting to so-called racinos at horse racing tracks. It provides for six new casino licenses and allows existing casinos to increase the number of gaming positions, measures aimed at reversing a decline in casino revenues statewide. The state received 10 applications for five of the six new casino licenses by an Oct. Plans for a casino in the city have been stalled by concerns that a Coast guards got frustrated with the casino evening cruises flooding the waterways.

Contemporaneously, the casino owners were searching for a way for gambling to be allowed on their boats over more extended hours. As a result, riverboats started to be moored on the edge of the river, and are termed boats in moats. Today, most water-based casinos do not move. Some are now stationary buildings that float on water blocks and are not designed to float at all. Many casinos exist on waterways in the United States as a workaround to local opposition to legalized gambling.

Riverboat casinos were seen as a compromise to allowing income without creating too much social decline. Over time, restrictions on their operations were removed, meaning they no longer had to be away from the dock to function as a casino.

Nowadays, casinos are on water due to history, rather than for the purpose of sailing. Nevada and Louisiana are the only two states that allow state-wide casino-style gambling. Other states restrict gambling to specific geographical areas. Several states restrict gambling to boats on the water, although they are often moored and no longer travel.

You could argue that any state that has a lottery allows some form of gambling. That would mean only two states completely prohibit the act — Hawaii, and Utah. Online gambling is far more regulated. You cannot partake in interstate gambling of sports Federal Wire Act of prohibits it. However, no clear law exists banning online gambling; instead, it illegalizes the monetary transaction of funds to an online gambling provider. It best to check current laws as legislation in this area is continuously evolving.

The rest is generated by card rooms, lotteries, bookmaking, pari-mutuel wagering, and charitable games and bingo.

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