If the folks who started the first state lottery in the country were still in office, they would put a BIG Foxwoods/Mohegan Sun style casino at exit one on Rte 93. Huge hotel would be unnecessary. Boston is too close. People would just drive home. Big restaurants and fancy entertainment, however, would be a good thing.
If you're a gambler living in the Boston area, do you want to drive 2+ hours to Southern Connecticut or 25 minutes to Southern NH to lose your money?
NH would make so much money that all the hullabaloo about taxes would fade away. The big problem would be how to divvy up the surplus. (think Alaska).
I believe that Foxwoods (and the 400 or so "Indians" who own it) nets in the neighborhood of 1 billion dollars annually.
But then, what would Granite Staters do with an extra billion. Probably just argue about it. Hmmm... maybe resurect the Old Man.
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