Prof.. your reply makes good sense, and in most cases probably true…. it IS all about the money…
3. Online gaming would create significantly less tax revenue for states then does land based casinos. You have to consider all the support jobs that go along with land based casinos IE hotel staff, taxis, limos, restaurants, bars, entertainers, dealers, airport staff, airlines etc… Land based casinos create an army of jobs and add billions of dollars to local and state coffers where its permitted. That will be protected vehemently by the Senators and Representatives whose constituents live in those districts. Remember guys this all about money and land based casinos produce far more revenue and taxes then online casinos ever could.
I’m not convinced that they are competing for the same demographic, nor does one exclude the other, IMHO