Casino's In California

I didn't find a good article on Casino's in Cali, but basically they're talking about expanding gambling all around urban areas (prop 68) in addition to the Indian gaming, etc, etc. I played poker the other day at the Commerce Casino off the 5 freeway. When did gambling become legal?

Anyhow, half of me hates the idea of legal gambling...it basically amounts to being a regressive tax when the government collects gaming money (lotteries and they collect from casinos). I don't think the government should be out there gaming for money. It seems wrong to me.

The other half of me loves to gambling and to play cards, so I say, bring it on. Specifically, it's the Asian half.