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Sal · 04-04-2010, 10:03 PM

The place to put a casino (or casinos) is (or was) at the Massachusetts border, like the Rockingham Park site.
If it's a real "Las Vegas Strip" style casino, like Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods. most of the Boston gamblers would rather drive north 35 miles, instead of southwest 100 miles, to do their thing.
If one visits the Connecticut casinos, one would notice many MA license plates in the parking lots and only a few NH plates. I suppose that speaks well for the NH ethic, but poorly for mid to northern NH casino anticipated revenues.
Problem now is that MA might beat NH to the "prize". They (we?) are also considering setting up casino gambling.
If everyone does it, the "chowda" is going to become "broth".

04-04-2010, 10:03 PM	#7
Sal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 311 Thanks: 103 Thanked 169 Times in 53 Posts	Late to the party The place to put a casino (or casinos) is (or was) at the Massachusetts border, like the Rockingham Park site. If it's a real "Las Vegas Strip" style casino, like Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods. most of the Boston gamblers would rather drive north 35 miles, instead of southwest 100 miles, to do their thing. If one visits the Connecticut casinos, one would notice many MA license plates in the parking lots and only a few NH plates. I suppose that speaks well for the NH ethic, but poorly for mid to northern NH casino anticipated revenues. Problem now is that MA might beat NH to the "prize". They (we?) are also considering setting up casino gambling. If everyone does it, the "chowda" is going to become "broth".