Does Las Vegas sound exciting? Have you ever longed to go there and try your hand at a
fortune. Almost everyone has a dream that they'll win big, and this is why towns such as Las
Vegas have such a strong appeal to the public. The problem arises when people take this form of
entertainment to far. For some this can even turn into an addiction. This creates a rather big
controversy whether this form of entertainment should be allowed in the United States. People
who believe it should be outlawed argue that poverty levels around casinos is very high and that
gambling supports high risk gambling which is illegal everywhere in the United States. They also
say that ethnicity may play a role is how much money is being gambled. People that are for this
type of entertainment say that school and local funding is raised through gambling, and this money
is needed to keep towns and educational systems going.
The main argument that is brought by people apposing gambling is that it creates poverty
because of addiction. Some people wage too much and over time this can result in complete
poverty for some areas. This is shown in the increase money spent at casinos each year. In 1980
about 2.5 billion dollars was spent on lotteries and by 1997 this figure jumped to an astounding
total of 35.5 billion dollars. But what is more shocking is that only about 10 billion goes back
into the community. As far as lottos are concerned about 50% of all money collected is from
about 5% of the players.(Con.158) The other argument is that advertisement might lure people
with little or no money in. Once there small amounts of money are gone they have noting to
purchase food with and this causes a deeper poverty rate in some communities. This makes
people wonder is gambling is about entertainment or if its another case of the rich getting richer
People that are pro gambling and lotteries argu
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