With more States legalizing Casinos, when is Prostitution next?

it used to be gambling was viewed as a sin.
the public only allowed it in 2 places: vegas (aka Sin City) and atlantic city.

Now casinos on non-Indian reservations are more common place. (ie: nyc and Maryland)

So how long do u think till States legalize Prostitution?

Quote: 100xOdds

it used to be gambling was viewed as a sin.
the public only allowed it in 2 places: vegas (aka Sin City) and atlantic city.

Actually, it used by be all of Nevada. Even Atlantic City is a relative newcomer to the gambling world.

To answer the original question: When they figure out how to make money taxing it.

But I think they'll get pot legalized and taxed first. Oh, wait.... They're already doing that....

Quote: 100xOdds

it used to be gambling was viewed as a sin.
the public only allowed it in 2 places: vegas (aka Sin City) and atlantic city.

Now casinos on non-Indian reservations are more common place. (ie: nyc and Maryland)

So how long do u think till States legalize Prostitution?

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The evolving attitude towards marijuana by the states seems to be to "legalize" in the face of Fed opposition, which has the effect perhaps of cutting back on penalties for possession in small amounts. To that purpose, I applaud it. It just seems to me voters must be looking at it that way, although the media doesn't cover it that way. It's possible voters count on the Feds for overall suppression. I have been surprised that the bad publicity about abuse of the 'medical marijuana' laws hasn't hurt more.

As for prostitution, cutting back on criminalizing the actions of the women themselves while continuing to penalize larger operators might be the future. As for now there seems to be little movement. Rhode Island may have the most progressive view, they go after the Johns and brothel owners but have no penalties for the prostitutes themselves, IIRC.

Prostitution is pretty much legal at the very upscale levels such as college campuses, etc.

Prostitution is however a profitable activity for the police to become involved in and to prosecute.

Streetwalkers are prosecuted as are those who arrange to be at a particular hotel via cyberspace.

There is a tremendous range of escort services and arrangements that are clearly commercialized sex but are not particularly susceptible to prosecution such as a girl with one or more "Dutch Uncles" who pay her rent, tuition, etc. Look perhaps at the former Craigslist ads now the Backpage ads. Consider the Boston Medical student and the very upscale hotels that were used in an attempt to pay off his gambling debts. "Streetwalking" is no longer confined to a seedy part of town and prostitution is no longer confined to seedy hotels, its just more open in seedy hotels.

Casinos by their very nature tend to concentrate prostitution. "That's where the money is" plus that is where young women who have gotten into some financial trouble can easily find men willing to help them get out of financial trouble.

Legalization is a different matter. Most states prefer it to be "out of sight". After all, how many of those Oriental Massage parlors are really attuned to massages? Prostitution raids are often motivated by who owns the various parlors and which departments are getting payoffs from the hookers or from the government via legal grants or asset seizures.

It is always on the horizon, but you never know when. Plus, the people who push for it need to know they will have a competitive advantage for using their money to enact something. You just don't know because Harry Reid was trying to get rid of it completely in NV not too long ago. I think it would be better for places to have legal brothels like in NV than to let organized crime profit from it and all the methods they use such as slavery.
Some places it is just disgusting like in Macau where a gang of women just circle the hotel lobby probably dominated by some pimp and loaded with disease. I would rather it would be a legal profession rather to make all these women pay for it with all the downsides of the current system.

I don't see "streetwalkers" ever being legalized. Too much danger for all involved on too many levels. I can see other states using the Nevada brothel model. Keep it zones and at least minimally regulated for safety. But it will take push from someone. Many vested interests in it being illegal. Fear in making it legal. If there were push it might take 10-20 years in locales where you now see casinos to never in places that are in say the Bible Belt.

Quote: 100xOdds

it used to be gambling was viewed as a sin.
the public only allowed it in 2 places: vegas (aka Sin City) and atlantic city.

Now casinos on non-Indian reservations are more common place. (ie: nyc and Maryland)

So how long do u think till States legalize Prostitution?

prostitution will be legal in Kentucky when hell freezes over.

Quote: 100xOdds

So how long do u think till States legalize Prostitution?

Actually prostitution is being made illegal in more countries where it used to be tolerated. In some liberal countries it was seen as a victimless crime, and the idea was the legalizing it would prevent the spread of STD's, some of the robberies associated with prostitution, and violence inflicted on women.

Today prostitution is becoming the stock in trade of human international traffickers. The move in Europe is to increase criminal penalties.

So I don't think that the increasing tolerance towards gambling and softer drugs like marijuana will affect legalization of prostitution.

I would say it would be about the day after never !

I suspect you'll see the same thing happen with prostitution that is happening with pot. It won't technically be "legal"...but they will stop prosecuting anyone caught doing it. It think to some extent that probably already happens a lot of places. Certainly the police could be making a lot more prostitution arrests than they used to.

Prostituion hurts women. In the Netherlands (where prostituion is legal), 60% of prostitutes have been assaulted, and 40% of them were forced into the trade by acquaintances.

Canada's Supreme court is considering the Federal Government's appeal by an Ontario ruling that legalized brothels.

DUI arrests bring in a fortune as a revenue stream. Drug arrests, asset forfeitures, ... all these things have potential. A lousy prostitution arrest brings in very little. Most cops use prostitution arrests as a means of forcing a woman in an economically marginal situation into becoming a police informant for more profitable arrests such as drug stings.

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DUI arrests bring in a fortune as a revenue stream. Drug arrests, asset forfeitures, ... all these things have potential. A lousy prostitution arrest brings in very little. Most cops use prostitution arrests as a means of forcing a woman in an economically marginal situation into becoming a police informant for more profitable arrests such as drug stings.

FleaStiff has nailed it.... nothing else needs to be said on this thread....I declare the thread.....dead.