Gambling in the Lone Star state?

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN — Saying Texans spend nearly $3 billion a year betting in neighboring states, a senior state senator on Monday outlined a bill that would allow state voters to decide whether some gambling is allowed in Texas.

“Let’s face it, Oklahoma, along with Louisiana and New Mexico, have captured the lucrative Texas market,” Dallas Republican Sen. John Carona said as he outlined his Senate Joint Resolution 64, a constitutional amendment that would let state voters decide whether limited gambling is allowed in the state.

“One casino (in Oklahoma), just across the Texas border, runs 27 bus routes” every day, Carona said.

The money Texans spend gambling in neighboring states “helps pay for their roads, schools and their hospitals,” he said. “It is time we do something about that.”

More at http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2013-04-08/gambling-lone-star-state .

[Javaman]

1. there is a massive rumor that when the Waller Creek project is finished, there is supposed to be

casino moving in in that area.

that will destroy the last shreads of "weird" to Austin. (not that is all that weird anymore to begin with. the weird ended years ago, it's now just a slogan)