This past weekend, I received a charitable solicitation from the Minneapolis-based Center for the Victims of Torture. The flyer listed a number of major corporate donors, including a whole slew of financial-services firms and even the Sam's Club Foundation. However, no gaming-related companies (that we know of) appeared on the roster.
It's an industry that's had a good track record of philanthropy in the past: Gaming companies (especially IGT) were funding pathological-gambling programs in Nevada long before the Lege would allocate one thin dime to the cause. When he was steering Mandalay Resort Group (later subsumed into MGM Mirage), Glenn Schaeffer took the lead in making Las Vegas a "city of asylum" for dissidents. So, please, find it in your hearts (and bank balances) to show the CVT some love. After all, you never know when one of your neighbors will be on the receiving end of "enhanced interrogation," do you?
