This.. And maybe someone can explain this to me. I know that casinos on Indian reservations can be on land right? But what about Harras in New Orleans? How was that able to be built on land?

Also, what about truck stops that are casinos but only have video poker? I don't feel like explaining the situation, but there was a truck stop/casino that opened and I was working in a local government department that issued the permits and I remember asking the inspector how were they able to open the a casino and from what I recall, the answer was.. The owner knew who he needed to know, to get them to sign off on it.

Also, at Evangeline downs.. You can obviously bet on horses and there is "the casino" which is a big room filled with video poker machines (which I do not like to play at all). If betting on horses and playing video poker is legal, then why not offer sports betting, texas holdem, black jack, craps, etc?

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Posted by White Roach

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Posted on 11/2/17 at 11:02 pm to OweO

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Also, what about truck stops that are casinos but only have video poker? I don't feel like explaining the situation, but there was a truck stop/casino that opened and I was working in a local government department that issued the permits and I remember asking the inspector how were they able to open the a casino and from what I recall, the answer was.. The owner knew who he needed to know, to get them to sign off on it.

Also, at Evangeline downs.. You can obviously bet on horses and there is "the casino" which is a big room filled with video poker machines (which I do not like to play at all). If betting on horses and playing video poker is legal, then why not offer sports betting, texas holdem, black jack, craps, etc?

Originally, if a truck stop sold X amount of fuel, they were allowed to put in video poker machines as a source of additional revenue. So basically it was a gas station w/ video poker. Next thing you know, giant gas stations are being built and selling fuel at cost to reach the volume required to install video poker machines, so you now have casinos that sell gas. It probably comes as no surprise to learn that there's more profit in video poker than there is in a gallon of fuel.

The horse racetracks, the N.O. Fairgrounds in particular, started crying that casino gambling (and truck stops) were siphoning degenerate gambler away from the track, so they also needed video poker to remain in business. And so it was done.

The trucks stops and racetracks can't have live gaming tables because it violates Harrah's lease/licensing agreement. Video poker only.

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