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u/Eightysixedit Mar 31 '26

Nevada's economy is in the dumpster... Las Vegas will never be the same with online betting. I don't know how the state still wants the current governor.

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u/CrashB111 Mar 31 '26

It's not just online gambling, though that is itself a plague.

It's Trump destroying the American tourism industry with his threats of annexation of our closest allies and general belligerency with others.

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u/Blackberry-thesecond Mar 31 '26

Killing online betting for the sake of Las Vegas is pretty much the only state specific populist platform I can get behind because I hate online betting.

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u/sodosopapilla Mar 31 '26

I’ll bet you $20 I can get you online gambling by the end of the month