I like to think of myself as fairly "libertarian" in that if people want to do things which harm themselves but don't harm anyone else then why not?
I've been nervous about the gambling law change in the UK and the super-casino debate though. I'm not sure that having a big casino in every town will do anything more than transfer wealth from the poor to the casino owners. But who are the lawmakers to decide when and how people should waste their money? And we already have the Lottery which is basically a tax on the poor.
Why not reconcile the two sides by having casinos in one part of the country, instead of dotted around? In the States, if you want to go to a casino you can go to Atlantic City of Las Vegas. Vegas looks like a great place to go, but once you've lost all your money you go home and don't see a casino again until you want to.
So why can't we do that here? Have a concentration of casinos in, say, Blackpool and have none anywhere else? That way people who want a holiday or weekend at the casinos can go to Blackpool. And if you're prone to gambling you won't be tempted on your way home from the office.
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