David S Poepoe
Banned
The three great pestulants that afflicted Hawaii were American Missionaries, American Annexation and American Statehood.
I've got to admit that I did not think that the anti-gambling streak was attributed most directly to those missionaries of Maine descent. I fairly lumped them all together with just the Calvinist strain that originated in New England in general.
There were a few attempts during the Kalakaua years to introduce gambling or at least a lottery in order to raise money.
There have been discussions that Hawaii Homelands, or portions there of, could be formed into a reservation-like system, but without the ability for Native Hawaiians running any casinos. A huge amount of the states' wealth already goes to Las Vegas due to the shear amount of Hawaiians that go there each year to gamble.
I've always been of the opinion that casino style gambling was exactly what the economy needed in Hawaii.
I've got to admit that I did not think that the anti-gambling streak was attributed most directly to those missionaries of Maine descent. I fairly lumped them all together with just the Calvinist strain that originated in New England in general.
There were a few attempts during the Kalakaua years to introduce gambling or at least a lottery in order to raise money.
There have been discussions that Hawaii Homelands, or portions there of, could be formed into a reservation-like system, but without the ability for Native Hawaiians running any casinos. A huge amount of the states' wealth already goes to Las Vegas due to the shear amount of Hawaiians that go there each year to gamble.
I've always been of the opinion that casino style gambling was exactly what the economy needed in Hawaii.