East Valley View things to do for Oct. 16-22, 2014

Once, the United States was an undeniably underserved casino gambling market. Back in the Jurassic era of gaming—the early 1970s—Nevada was the only place Americans could legally bet on casino games.

Watch your head. The roulette wheel of casino promises is flying clean off the table, aiming for any gullible fool. Gaming proponents project annual gambling revenues of $1 billion at a Caesars casino at Suffolk Downs. But they are selling us $1 billion of lady luck, industry experts say, a bet that the city will lose.