Casinos just take money from people while giving it to someone else—I suppose this is pretty much the basis economic activity, but casinos don’t seem to produce a particularly productive or useful service.
I don’t know how it will be with this casino, but the ones here tend to rely on a steady base of regular addicts who feel compelled to partake in a self-destructive activity, even though they know how irrational and self-destructive it is. People lose their families, their homes, and sometimes even commit suicide as a result of gambling— and these are often intelligent and materially successful people.
Some may argue that people want to gamble, and casinos just supply a service that’s in demand. And the gamblers are personally deciding that the time spent in the casino is of “value” to them.
This may well be a value judgement on my part, but this seems like a symptom of a dysfunctional society and economic system. I think it’s a completely irrational allocation of resources, and although it’s of benefit to some (owners, managers, investors etc), the net effect is negative and costly.
I’ve been a gambler and have worked as a croupier.