The city of Baltimore, Maryland is getting Senate and Mayoral support for poker tables in their slots casinos.
Democrats (Mayor) Stephanie C. Rawlings-Black and (Senate President) Thomas V. Mike Miller have issued their support for additional games to be added to the recently permitted slots casinos. These casinos are not yet open, but the powers that be are already looking to pump up this potential revenue stream.
Profits from the casinos will be used to fund public education – that’s a win for poker players and students in Baltimore (win, win).
States like Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware offer legal poker, and state officials are worried that Maryland is losing out on local cash that is crossing state lines.
During trying economic times, states have fast-tracked the construction and legality of casinos, leaving gamblers (and kids) thankful.
As of now it’s up to the public to decide, but this is still America, right? Let people choose what they want to do. It’s not like Baltimore doesn’t have poker games going on right now. Regulate the games and start padding education funds.
Did I do this post to show a screen cap from The Wire? Yes. Yes, I did.
