EditorialThe site of a proposed casino on Broadway Ave., next to the Minskoff Theater, in Manhattan on April 13, 2023. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)
EditorialThe site of a proposed casino on Broadway Ave., next to the Minskoff Theater, in Manhattan on April 13, 2023. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)
EditorialThe site of a proposed casino on Broadway Ave., next to the Minskoff Theater, in Manhattan on April 13, 2023. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)
EditorialThe site of a proposed casino on Broadway Ave., next to the Minskoff Theater, in Manhattan on April 13, 2023. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)
EditorialThe site of a proposed casino on Broadway Ave., next to the Minskoff Theater, in Manhattan on April 13, 2023. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)
EditorialThe site of a proposed casino on Broadway Ave., next to the Minskoff Theater, in Manhattan on April 13, 2023. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)
EditorialThe site of a proposed casino on Broadway Ave., next to the Minskoff Theater, in Manhattan on April 13, 2023. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)
EditorialThe site of a proposed casino on Broadway Ave., next to the Minskoff Theater, in Manhattan on April 13, 2023. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times)
EditorialJohnny Lehi Jr., president of the San Juan Southern Paiutes, who has had to consider how to provide for the tribe’s residents after it lost a slot machine deal worth up to $7 million yearly, in Phoenix, Aug. 31, 2022. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialCaesars advertises heavily on the Michigan State University campus, where it has a five-year deal to promote gambling. (Stephen Speranza/The New York Times)
EditorialThe annual National Conference on Gambling Addiction and Responsible Gambling held in Boston, on July 21, 2022. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialGambling lobbyists wait for lawmakers to approve a sports-betting legislation at the Kansas state Capitol in Topeka, Kan., on April 25, 2022. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialLobbyists keep tabs on sports betting legislation at the Kansas state Capitol in Topeka, Kan., on April 25, 2022. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialLobbyists keep tabs on sports betting legislation at the Kansas state Capitol in Topeka, Kan., on April 25, 2022. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialEric Ulrich, a former Republican city councilman, smiles outside a polling station in Queens on Feb. 26, 2019, when he unsuccessfully ran for public advocate. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialA casino in downtown Reno, Nev., Sept. 24, 2022, where gambling is a long established economic engine. (Deanne Fitzmaurice/The New York Times)