Those crazy Canadians.
Saks Fifth Avenue is feeling lucky.
The iconic New York City department store, which opened its doors on September 15, 1924, is looking to get into the casino business.
Hudson’s Bay Company, the owner of the Saks Fifth Avenue department store chain, said it would bid with the state to convert the top three floors of its flagship store in Midtown Manhattan into a Monte Carlo-style casino, according to the New York Times.
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Gambling seems to be a “thing” now: inducing people to throw their money away, for nothing in return.
Ever notice the flood of media hype about the lottery recently? Seems, a few years ago, the game was changed to reduce the odds of winning. The result is the prize grows to hundreds of millions, or billions, of dollars. The size of the pot increases media hype, feeding ticket buying hysteria.
*Proles (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Their functions are simple: work and breed. Proles are described as caring little about anything but home and family, neighbor quarrels, films, football, beer, lottery tickets, and other such bread and circuses