Editorial: Don’t gamble with kids? The state should heed its own advice

Editorial: Don’t gamble with kids? The state should heed its own advice

Article brief provided by The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer
December 5, 2022 4:24 PM
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has a silly solution for a serious problem.

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Scores of customers at local casinos continue to leave kids locked in their cars while they go inside and gamble.

So how does the gambling board plan to address this life and death issue? With public service announcements. Ads on TV, radio, and social media will contain the following message: “Don’t Gamble with Kids.” There’s even a website.

Is that the best the Gambling Control Board members — who get paid $145,000 a year to meet once or twice a month — could come up with?