New York state voters are ready to roll the dice on allowing up to seven Las Vegas-style casinos, according to a poll released Monday.
When given the specific wording of the casino amendment appearing on the Nov. 5 Election Day ballot, 55 percent of those questioned by the Siena College Poll were in support and 42 percent weren’t.
The amendment says casinos would permit local governments to lower property taxes “through revenue generated.”
In the abstract, voters were divided equally 46-46 percent over whether casino gambling is such a hot idea.
Pollster Steve Greenberg said voters were apparently won over by the “jobs and new revenues” argument.