Article for the week -- All bets are on

I was reading thru this article and thought that it was quite interesting.

http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3242391&subjectid=526352

especially in recent days there were big debates over the settin up of a casino in one part of Spore to help boost the tourism industry as well as improve the economy by bringing in "Big Spenders" onto our little island.

But has any1 tot of even if the casino construction is not approved, there will still be other avenues thru which our citizens can be negative influenced, such as the internet.
It was estimated that by end of this decade, the turnouver from internet gambling will rise to $10 billion!!! woohoooO!!

Personally, i am not for a casino. Still believe there are more cons than pros.
however, i guess depending on where you stand and who you work for, probably our decisions are much split, just like the survey results done by some papers on the public's reaction to settin up of a casino in spore.

-th-