How Foxwoods Is Pretty Much Just Like Your Out-Of-Work Drug Addict Relative Who Just Can’t Get It Together, Man
Since we’re sick of going on and on about the casino issue here in Philly, only to have to load-tards shrug and be like, “yeah but what about BIKE LANES?,” we’ll be quick with this: Foxwoods, the casino chain that was supposed to build in South Philly until it was supposed to be in The Gallery but is now supposedly back in South Philly, is now hilariously fucked beyond belief. (It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving group, or the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board that strongarmed these jitbags through the “legal” process.) Here’s the deal: “Foxwoods” basically isn’t even Foxwoods anymore — the Mashantucket Pequot tribe is basically out of the picture now, as they can’t get financing to save their lives right now because their other, already open festering sores casinos are bleeding money. Which means that Foxwoods does not have financing or an operator. (Finding an operator will also be a carnival of fuckery and patronage, for those who like to watch such things.) And uh, the new “thing” the casinos are looking to get into, because all of the actual money is gone — and is part and parcel of proposed table gaming legislation right now — is… slots on credit! As in, you’re out of money because you blew it all on the slot machine with the fun cowboy hats and the casino generously offers you instant loans, check-cashing services or to allow to gamble with a credit card. Classy! At any rate, Helen Gym explains just how all of this came to be over at Young Philly Politics. Meanwhile, a bunch of the anti-casino groups have all gotten together and started up the No Slots On Credit campaign, currently running on KYW 1060AM and elsewhere.
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:47 pm
i love the slur, “jitbag”.
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:56 pm
fine, allow credit. whatever. just tax the shit outta the “jitbags” and balance the fuckin budgets in the state & city.
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:19 pm
From the CT gamblers helpline report Helen cites: “The average gambling loss in the past 12 months for a problem gambler was $33,970. The average gambling debt was $36,463.”
Fascinating that in the middle of a recession caused in part by over-extending credit to companies and people who could in no way re-pay, our lawmakers now want to tie the state’s revenues to the same practices. I got to hand it to Pennsylvania – when this state dives into piles of shit, it goes full speed and head first.
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Philebrity friends: $50 bucks helps us keep our ads on the air and a modicum demand for reason in lawmaker’s faces. Donate here at: noslotsoncredit.org.
And note to Uncle Cos: balancing budgets when your second highest revenue generator is gambling estimates which in turn is based on a broke guy borrowing cash is my definition of a budget that knows how to get f@$!ed.
December 4th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Shit, did you crash my family thanksgiving or stop by during the summer at the shore and meet the guy or something? I feel like you are speaking to me, about MY unemployed druggie uncle who likes to poop in everyone’s pool as often as possible.