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I know that there are some machines in Texas at gas stations etc that will pay you in tickets for gas etc. But the machines that were busted I was talking about were paying in Walmart tickets. I don't think it's so much what they pay but who is running them. As we Texans hear so much, GAMBLING, with the exceptions of paramutuel betting, IS ILLEGAL IN TEXAS. And as I also said before, it all depends on what the legal system wants to do at the time. In the small town close to where I live there was a place you could go, called a tobacco shop - so not, that had 20-30 slot machines. You went in and put money on a card like you do at some Indian casinos and then played the machines. If you won, the money went back on the card. But I never found out what you could do with the money. Asked the guy who was running it and he conveniently dodged the question. It was packed all the time. Now why would you spend money without the possibility of getting anything back, especially since Shreveport, LA is only 60 miles away. Did it get raided? NO!! Go figure.
Texas, like our US Gov., is run by a bunch of hypocrites. They would rather we travel to LA, NM, AR or OK and spend our money than legalize gambling in Texas and keep the money here.
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