“Maharashtra is the den of illegal gambling. If the taxation on gaming is legalized, it could earn good revenue for state.”
—Jay Satya, Indian law student who discovered a dormant 40-year-old law legalizing casinos in the state of Maharashtra
“I’d certainly take care of my family. But I would also set up a charity to help as many kids go to college as I could.”
—William Burke, a Nevada resident, and one of the millions who purchased a Powerball ticket last week when it had the largest jackpot in history
“We have a lot of problems in this state. We’re high on a lot of the bad lists. We can’t afford to be exporting money that could be used to address these issues.”
—James Ohrenschall, a Nevada assemblyman, who recently sponsored an attempt to repeal Nevada’s constitutional prohibition against a lottery
“Millions of our constituents in California (are) participating in this activity right now, today, unprotected. Nothing in place to guard against some of dangers we know exist. We have an obligation to move forward.”
—Adam Gray, a California assemblyman, who authored a bill that would regulate daily fantasy sports
“At the end of the day, this could be an $8 billion investment in our economy. This is a win for New Jersey—not for Atlantic City, not for North Jersey, but for New Jersey as a whole.”
—New Jersey state Senator Paul Sario of Bergen County, on a bill passed by the Senate that would create two casinos in North Jersey, with right first bids to Atlantic City operators
