Messages of Support
Here are some of the messages that you have shared in response to the passage of SB 711, which now allows slots on credit, tables games, an extention for Foxwoods, exemption from the smoking ban for Philly casinos, and much more. Some messages were of support, some of outrage, some are stories of personal troubles brought by the predatory gambling industry. Thank you everyone. Pease continue to send your messages of support to Lily [at] CasinoFreePhila [dot] org.
Your stand is an example of courage and integrity. I feel inspired by your work, deeply touched in my heart, wondering how you are doing, how you are taking care of yourselves, your souls, your brave souls. I hold you dearly in my spirit, and my thoughts are mixed with prayers for your joy and strength, and for your victory.
JA
Please keep up the great work to keep these casinos out of our city. They will not solve the core economic problems we face. They are like putting a bandaid on a broken bone.
Thank you, AS
I am very proud to be associated with Casinos Free Philly and you have done a remarkable job so far!!! My only regret is that I don't have enough time to be more involved!!
BM
I support Casino-Free Philadelphia because I don't believe in government relying on destructive, addictive behavior to fund our services. I support CFP because I believe in building livable communities and because I believe that working together builds Community. I don't want a casino 1000 yards from my Philly family's home. Although I am thousands of miles away, we face similar battles on all our home fronts, and we need to share strength with each other. Lastly, I support CFP because I've seen what perseverance, integrity, creativity and resourcefulness has accomplished before against great odds.
GT, Portland, Oregon
What a great way to boost an already broken economy, let’s allow gamblers more access to credit and even allow credit card use at the slot machine lol. Sure, as I’m having my fourth drink of the night, I’ll just plug my card into that slot and push away, who cares? I’m feeling good! Look honey I haven’t hit the ATM at all tonight. Endless playtime. What? it’s already 3 am? We’ve been here since noon? Wow seems like we just got here! Let me try one more machine, I feel lucky. ------ 3 weeks later -------- honey, yes dear, did you see this bill? No dear, sweetheart it’s over $5000.00. -----WHAT? How are we going to pay this? Wife starts crying. I didn’t know we spent that much honey, we where having such a good time. I see this playing out over and over and over...bankruptcy, foreclosure, and divorce.
Is the city, state, in such need of money that they are willing to break the backs of good working class people? Is it not bad enough that paychecks and soc-sec checks already being thrown away? I myself have 2 shoeboxes filled with cash advance stubs from casinos, maxed out 2 cards 25,000 each. Took out 6000.00 in one day. I wasn’t stopped once.
Every week I receive over 10 offers, coupons, dinners, trips, in my mail, I even get calls from a host about events at the great casino. People who are gamblers now won’t need cash to support the habit, just plastic, made easy because you won’t even have to leave the machine. And there’s already a big credit problem in this country. I hope there’s enough money to support the courts, because you’ll need millions for all the divorce, bankruptcy, and credit card fraud, cases you’ll be dealing with in the court system.
JW
It’s stuff like the following that that keeps my fight up! “Some say I’m a sinner, …some say I’m a saint.” (Richard Sprauge, Dec 2009) Umm…yeah. Ok, Dick.
MS
I believe Casino-Free and anyone else who cares needs to spread its message to the people, not those in power. Let children, teens and average adults know how sick gambling really is. That message must not be getting across. Could it ever be preached in our schools, the way Say No to Drugs or Abstinence or No Smoking have been? Can Gambler's Anonymous get more public? It's just another destructive addiction that eventually will be exposed for what it is. But after how much damage is done? Not a very uplifting message of Support, but I wish I could do more,
LK
Among the things that confound me about the support my government representatives give to gambling arise from the comparison of Gus the Gambling Groundhog to Joe Camel. It amazes me that there was such a huge, and successful outcry against the tobacco industry appealing to children through this cartoon character, Joe Camel, but none against Gus and the innocence with which he appears in these ads - Scratch, Scratch, Scratch! ...dazed and amazed...
DH
Keep up the good work! This is only a temporary setback, as the economic reality of too much casino capacity is rippling through the East Coast. The casino operators will have an increasingly difficult time surviving economically, so the pickings for CSF will soon be getting easier, no matter how much encouragement Harrisburg or the City try to give them.
JE
