Special Bd. of Aldermen — 10/08/2019 Page 2
Celtics and the Red Sox. It is just another way to get involved in those games. People really want to get
involved at multiple levels; they are tired of sitting back and just watching and listening to the announcers.
They want to interact with those games, they want to be part of those games with their friends and they can do
that if Sports Betting, as proposed, in the Great State of New Hampshire is approved.
The one thing that | would say that you know Sports Betting will not do, it is not going to answer all of the
problems of how do we find better entertainment for our citizens. It’s not going to be the silver bullet for the
success for my business. Sports Betting in reality we’ve seen it for 40 years that I’ve been involved with the
gaming business; it is a low margin business. It is just tough to make money with Sports Betting and I’ve
closed a lot of books in Nevada because they didn’t make enough money. Because people are really good at
this stuff, you know, they really study it, they are really engaged, they are really happy doing it, it is a good
pastime for them. But we shouldn’t expect this to be the wherewithal. Hopefully the State can make the
money that they hope to make out of it. | think it is really good for our State budget. But it is not the silver
bullet for my business or any others. But you should support Sports Betting. It is a great thing; it is a great
opportunity for us here in Nashua. We should be out in front of it just like when we voted for Keno and that
ends up being a very good product for some of our businesses here in town, including mine. Thank you very
much.
Alan Brouillard Good evening, my name is Alan Brouillard, 20 Main Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. |
strongly support that this referendum be allowed on the ballot and that it be passed. | hold in my hand 6 legal
tickets purchased in Las Vegas, Nevada. | have multiple visits to Las Vegas in my life and one of the things
I’ve always liked about Las Vegas is making a Sports Wager or a Future’s Wager. Who is going to win the
next Superbowl? Who is going to win the next Stanley Cup?
The Supreme of the United States in its infinite wisdom recently decided that Nevada should not have a
monopoly on this and allowed the States to individually set their rights on this subject. The New Hampshire
Legislature has approved a Bill, the Governor signed it and now it is before us.
Sports Wagering is one of the very few wagers that you make an intelligent decision and bet accordingly. With
no disrespect friends at the New Hampshire State Lottery Commission, unlike buying a scratch ticket or playing
Megabucks, you have some direct thought process on what you want to do. It is entertaining, it can be very
lucrative if you put time and research into it. If it was allowed in New Hampshire, | would gladly, instead of
traveling to other States, spend time in the City and as the gentleman just said, probably play more games of
chance which would help the local economy and the local charities. It is a situation where its time has come.
We are also going to be, very soon, surrounded by other States that are going to allow this to happen. Right
now if | wanted to, | could go to Rhode Island, and | am sure very soon this will be allowed in the State of
Massachusetts, right over the border at the new Encore Casino in Boston.
So it is an idea whose time has come. | am strongly in favor of the proposal and | hope you see accordingly
and enact it. Thank you very much.
Testimony in Opposition
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