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Just because of the whole deal my husband and I each put a dollar in a machine (actually my husband put his dollar in and lost it all, then I put mine in and got up to $2.47, he wanted to cash out but I trudged on and ended up losing my dollar as well. He won't let me forget that I didn't quit while I was ahead and lost all our money...wait...read the beginning of this post, he LOST all his money first :eyes:). Anyway, it did show us how easy it would be to blow $5.00, $10.00, $20.00 in one quick stop at the gas station. For that reason they make me nervous.
I don't like that kids have access to them and I don't like that there's not the regulation or 'self-ban' setup like in the casinos. Seems like a person has to make an effort to go to a casino whereas with the Touch-play a person just pops down to the local gas station.
That being said, the legislature was aware of what they were getting into when they agreed to allow these machines in bars and gas stations. They can't cry innocence or cry foul. They need to take responsibility and decide where to go from here (and how they are going to treat the machines and owners of the machines).
I won't touch the machines again. I'll limit my gambling to my PowerBall purchase (although I have been looking into pick-3 or pick-4 purchases as well....)
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