• Ech
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    396 months ago

    Dammit. Got too hung up on scoffing at the ‘more churches than casinos’ line to even expect the pun setup.

    • @vala
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      86 months ago

      Ehh, that’s probably true. I think there are about 500 churches and around 150 casinos. Lots of people live there.

      • @dingdongmetacarples
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        176 months ago

        It depends what you count as a casino. I grew up in Las Vegas and there’s slot machines in most grocery stores and gas stations. Also the airport has slot machines. If that counts as a casino then there’s hundreds if not thousands.

        • @force
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          96 months ago

          We don’t call that gambling, no, no, we call that LOTTERY! In Georgia at least.

      • @wolfpack86
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        46 months ago

        But there aren’t 150 catholic churches in Las vegas

    • AwesomeLowlander
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      16 months ago

      I’ve never been to Vegas, but I’ve heard more than one person express surprise at how much more city there is besides the casino strip? No idea if that’d make up for the casino density on the strip

      • Ech
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        6 months ago

        There are the BIG casinos, which only take up a finite space, but there are also little casinos pretty much everywhere you look. Even gas stations will have slot machines. That’s true of most of nevada, tbh.

          • @Aceticon
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            6 months ago

            Church Of Mammon?!

          • Ech
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            26 months ago

            Maybe, hah, probably not to the god of catholics, though.

        • JJROKCZ
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          36 months ago

          Not just Nevada, any state that legalizes VLTs soon becomes plagued by VLTs (slots by any other name are still slots) put into every existing building. Gas stations, bars, strip clubs, convenience stores, etc, everyone gets slots/VLTs. Bonus is that any empty building gets purchased and filled with them since nothing but gambling survives despite the surroundings. Illinois is my main example here as my home state, I can’t spit without hitting a slot machine it’s ridiculous