Gambling #3

In my research today I focused on the state of Illinois and the new laws to allow gambling throughout the state and the different perspectives of the citizens living in the area through a few articles from the Chicago Tribune. In the first article I read they talked about how McHenry county was allowing gambling in their area, and initially they were completely against the idea because of the concerns of gambling addiction problems that would occur to the people in the area. In essence they thought about gambling and how other areas are allowing it and making a ton of money off of it so there is no reason why they shouldn't make it legal in their area. Surprisingly this article did not really highlight the positive reasoning's behind why they would make it legal in their county other than they will generate more revenue to give themselves more spending money. In the second article I read from the Tribune, I was able to read up on the voters in the state and their opinions on gambling being allowed in the state. The citizens were torn between allowing it, having no opinion, and making illegal in the state, but the highest percentages where people opposing it as 48% opposed it, 29% favored, and 23% had no opinion. People are clearly opposed to this because it really has negative impacts on people and their families.Therese Hendrix, a 39-year-old poll respondent from Lansing was strongly opposed to it as she said, "Gambling destroys families and people's lives and I don't think it really increases revenue for the state like manufacturing or other types of jobs would". Seeing all the different statistics within state citizens being opposed to allowing gambling in different areas of the state and how it could impact their voting for state mayor, showed this issue can really impact people's lives. Before my research I was sort of in between to rather I was in favor or opposed to making gambling legal in the state of Illinois, but after my third day of research, reading these articles today I've realized that we do not need this in our state as it will only be causing problems to peoples lives.