Cursing Their Luck

Many thought the shutdown of gambling halls would never happen. Casinos are now allowed only in designated, far-flung zones, leaving gamblers and workers cursing their luck. [More]

They ought to be cursing "Pootie-Poot."

Still, there is hope:

For other games, many believed, there would be illegal gambling dens kept running with bribes to crooked authorities.

Yep, just wait until the criminal underworld starts running everything. You guy's ain't seen nothin' yet. Makes me wonder how much they gave ol' Pootie to get him to pull this off for them.

Hey--maybe we can exploit the spike in "gun violence" that always comes with increased gangland activity to further calls for international gun controls!