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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Video Slot Terminals Busted In Winter Park




Today was a day that was bound to happen sooner or later. It was also a sad day for a number of folks in my Winter Park neighborhood and beyond. They took away our fun!

My local neighborhood convenience/lottery store was raided and busted for having two "illegal"(supposedly)video slot terminals. The machines were confiscated and at least one of the family members/owners was taken away in handcuffs.

Now, before I go any further, let me say that "I know what was going on here is against state law(supposedly)". If YOU violate the law, YOU pay the consequences. I am fine with that. My question is however, aside from the fact that the state is not getting any revenue from such an operation, why is this a crime? Why are there laws against this type of activity. Nobody is forced to participate in these ventures. It is all by your personal choice as to whether YOU want to play or not.

What is the difference in going in a store and putting $10 in a video slot terminal or, buying $10 worth of "scratch off" lottery tickets that actually have worse odds and are less fun to play? Hey, government geeks, "how about legalizing, taxing and licensing this activity and making some money instead of "spending" money trying to bust these type operations"? YOU waste your time busting them, they just show up somewhere else. What do YOU have to show for it? Nada, nothing, squat, not jack!

"Choice Rules, over governing sucks",



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well first It Isnt okay Its Ileagal But most of all GAMING is still so associated with the Mob that It scares the goverments ,But the main reason Is that they arent set up to collect taxes on It and are AFRAID of losing a dollar from us to spend on thereselves!

terrell ali bey said...

THE SO CALLED MOB SELLS ALL THE SLOT MACHINES to the public.THE OWNER OWNS THE SLOT MACHINES but not the land they are on.THEY ALSO CONTROL THE SALE OF PINBALL MACHINES AN VIDEO GAME MACHINES .ONE MORE OF MANY IS THE WASHING MACHINES IN THE PUBLIC LAUNDRY MATS.IF I BUY A GAME ITS MINE.THE TAX PART IS MOST CORRECT AN THE COMMENT IS CODED ILL-EAGLE TO INDICATE THAT ITS A CRIME TO TAKE HIS MACHINES BY THE EAGLE THAT FLEW AWAY WITH OUR RIGHTS AN REPLACED THEM WITH PRIVILEDGE.LEFT SIDE OF DOLLAR BILL.YOU MUST OWN THE LAND YOU LIVE AND DO BUSINESS ON TO BE FREE.ALLODIAL TITLES RELEASE YOU FROM EURO- GOVT TAX ON YOUR LAND.i will speak on it i am unbound.notice the cities are incoroprated but the county is not.orlando for example started as 2square miles.like washington d.c is only 10 square miles in origin but has jurisdiction over50 states.we need to study the ill-eagle way that this situation has come about instead of being so worried about who is going to continue to manage it.the continuation of the nations rights turned into amended priviledges enforced by both major parties

terrell ali bey said...

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