Posted by
Brooks on Oct. 25, 2009, 3:09pm
The state of Ohio soon faces a vote on whether to legalize full-fledged, Vegas-style casinos, and one of the leading proponents of “Ballot Measure 3″ is Cleveland Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert. If the proposition passes, Gilbert will own downtown casinos in Cincinnati and Cleveland, raking in hundreds of millions each year.
(Brah, get some rest)
But the idea has plenty of detractors. Detractors who have dredged up an ugly episode from Gilbert’s college days at Michigan State.
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Posted by
Adam J on Oct. 20, 2009, 4:00pm
One of the reasons why there’s no NBA team in Las Vegas is that David Stern and the rest of the league are utterly terrified of the effect that the gambling mecca would have on its players. There’s the inevitable point-shaving, and who knows how many glassy-eyed, hung over players who had been up gambling for 16 hours straight we’d have on our hands. And jail time. Lots of jail time. It’d be bad, right?
(He seems thrilled.)
Oh, funny thing though. Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has a decidedly different view of gambling and its potential effects. Why else would he be providing his support to “Yes on Issue 3,” which would put casinos in Ohio? Check that - right in downtown Cleveland, which just so happens to be where the Cavaliers play. Opposite day!
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