Next Generation Gamblers
Several US states have really begun to consider the profitability of legalizing
and expanding forms of internet gambling. New York State has actually joined the
trend alongside states like California, Florida, Iowa and others in the possible
development of online casino poker and betting interests. Joe Lentol, a New York
Assemblyman, is heading up the efforts within the state and his rationale is
actually pretty sound. The New York government has just opted to no longer
support the Off Track betting parlors in the state; more specifically the state
government did not approve a proposed bailout that was likely the only way that
this industry could have hoped to survive. Lentol’s key argument for supporting
more progressive and liberal forms of land and online casino gambling stem from
the current wave of gamblers and their wants and needs.
The gambling industry has changed greatly over the past several decades but yet
the US states, and the federal government even have not readily changed as
rapidly as the industry. Off Track Betting harkens to a time in the past when
this form of betting was quite popular and the industry could support itself
without any government help and subsidies. That is just not the case any longer,
the new generation of gamblers are very keen on poker and even the online
casinos see a lot of action. The young gamblers are more likely to seek out
offshore online casino sites to take their poker gaming action than they are to
wager at an off-track betting facility.
And that being said, Petrol also feels that New York is losing a strong revenue
stream as Off Track Betting phases out. There is potential and space in the
current land market in particular, and also for the online casino poker sites,
for huge growth. New York also has the ability to stem the flow of gambling
dollars out of the state by liberalizing the market and adding forms of gambling
that better speak to the current generation. |