Gambling_In_Arkansas

Gambling In Arkansas Casinos in Arkansas: It is not What They Will Do to Us, but What They Will Do for Us What could casinos do for you, whether you gambled or not' Well, NPR (National Public Radio) had a story on some Choctaw Indians that lived in Neshoba County, Ms. NPR reported that in the 1960’s the Indians were economically depressed. They were so depressed that sixty percent of them did not even have indoor plumbing. Then they open up a casino and soon another. They brought prosperity to themselves and surrounding counties. The Choctaw’s are Mississippi’s second largest employer. Iowa’s casinos provide thousands of dollars into the state. Since 1991, the RDA (Riverboat Development Authority) has awarded $33,931,755 in grants to various no-profit organizations. Education received $7,577,480 just in grants. My wife and I visited Iowa last month. You can tell that Iowa is putting their casino tax dollars to work. The streets are well maintained and wide. None of this happened overnight. The support for riverboat gambling support was sixty percent then the support raised to eighty percent in 1999. Tunica is doing so well that they have plans arkansas, casinos, gambling, percent, state, crime, rate, casino, racing, money, just, track, taxes, need, million, instant, gaming, each, dollars, brought, about, year, think, tax, support, states, said, proposal, people, new, mississippi, millions, loosing, jobs, horse