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’60 Minutes’ commentator disses gaming

Published: May 23, 2010  By: admin, In: Voices,  1 Comment
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By Andy Rooney, CBS

I have good news for you tonight. According to an American Gaming Association report, revenue from casino gambling fell by almost two billion dollars last year.

A lot of people are out of work and it turns out that when people are unemployed, they gamble less. You’d think they might gamble more but they don’t. There’s some good things about everything, I guess.

Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney

In 2008 the casinos earned $32.5 billion. Last year they earned only $30.7 billion. I use the words “earned” and “only” loosely but casino income was down a lousy little two billion dollars last year. It’s enough to bring tears to your eyes.

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  1. dogwoman says - Posted: May 23, 2010

    Personally, gambling has never interested me other than a card game with friends and nickels. But Andy Rooney has proven himself to be irrelevant and out of touch for the last decade or so. I don’t understand why he’s still on television.