HARRISBURG PATRIOT NEWS EDITORIAL: In the debate over legalization, Pennsylvanians were told that casino gambling would help cut the burden of ever-escalating property tax bills. And about a third of slot machine revenue does go to property tax relief…
[O]verall, the AP said the average property tax break funded by casino gambling was $187. That’s barely more than a rounding error on most people’s property tax bills…
Casino gambling could deliver noticeably bigger tax relief if so much of the money didn’t go to subsidize Pennsylvania’s horse racing industry… (more)
