米老鼠与赌博游戏

  你一定了解老迪斯尼动画片的米老鼠形象,当农民抢占它领土时,它顽强地抵御农民的耙和锄头,而等待它的恶势力还有龙卷风以及洪水。总之,米老鼠是一个人家人爱的动画片形象。

  最近,佛罗里达州正在考虑以沃尔特迪斯尼世界的动物形象开展一个新型的赌博计划,争取在南佛罗里达州建立三个新赌场,以扩大该州的赌博行业。

  目前州政府在为了增加国库收入,正在考虑通过立法,允许这些大型赌场建设的想法。然而,迪斯尼是佛罗里达州的娱乐世界的超级产业,似乎对与赌博行业联合不感兴趣。

  大多数人从逻辑上都认为,迪斯尼世界的目标游客是孩子,孩子的目标游戏是过山车,而非二十一点等赌博游戏。然而,我认为,迪斯尼世界和赌场合作,实际上是相互补充对方。迪斯尼世界与赌场吸引的目标游客不同,赌客可能不考虑把佛罗里达州作为目的地,因为他们没有与孩子一起旅行。但他们如果与孩子一起参观迪斯尼主题公园,反正他们已经在该地区,如果该地区能为他们提供一些赌博娱乐活动,那会使他们的旅行变得更加完美。

  在该地区工作的迪斯尼员工有60,000,每年为国家增加了数以亿计的税收。

  在此期间,我很乐意看到一些在线软件公司开发基于迪斯尼人物的角子机游戏。这意味着这两个世界之间有可能走向合作。

  译文:

  You know those old Disney cartoons of Mickey Mouse the farmer rushing with his rake and hoe to defend his land against whatever evil forces await him (tornadoes, floods, Goofy)? Well, that’s the image that popped into my head when I read this week that Walt Disney World in Florida objects to the expansion of gambling in the state and is doing everything it can to fight plans to build three new casinos in South Florida. The state government is desperate to generate revenue for state coffers and is mulling the idea of passing legislation to allow the building of these mega casino resorts. However, Disney is the uber power of Florida’s entertainment world and it seems the group isn’t interested in seeing part of their market taken away.

  If you think of it logically, the chances are that Disney World’s prime target of visitors (read: kids) aren’t going to be rushing off to play blackjack instead of riding the rollercoaster. But I think if three massive entertainment resorts were being planned in my own back yard, I’d start flexing my muscles as well.

  Disney employs something like 60,000 people in the area and contributes hundreds of millions to state tax every year.

  I think, however, that Disney and the planned casinos could work side by side and actually complement each other rather well. The casinos could attract a different kind of visitor who may have not considered Florida as a destination since they weren’t traveling with kids, but would then visit the parks anyway since they were already in the area.

  In the meantime, I’d love to see online software companies develop slot games based on Disney characters. That would show true cooperation between these two worlds.