The City of Lincoln is considering the legalization of Gambling Casinos for the public entertainment. According to Nebraska. gov, all forms of gambling were illegal in Lincoln until 1934. When the Nebraska State Constitution was amended to allow pari-mutuel horse racing conducted on licensed race track enclosures.

The question some people ask is what is gambling, other than betting money for more money? Gambling has three elements: consideration, chance and reward. Gambling is defined as staking or risking money, or anything of value, on the outcome of something involving chance.

For example, people will stake various amounts of money on sporting events, each person taking the chance that their preferred team will win. The person with the winning team will take all the money put up by everyone involved in the wager.

Gambling Casinos provide a place for the public to engage in many varieties of games of chance for large and small amounts of money. They are designed to be places of entertainment. They also have the potential to bring in additional tax revenue for the state of Nebraska. There is a group of people called Keep the Money in Nebraska that are seeking signatures for a petition that would put this issue on the ballot for 2016. So while this issue probably will have a lot of people who do and do not support it, it will ultimately be up to the voting public to decide whether or not Gambling Casinos will become legal.