Originally Posted by dyna mo

while an issue, i don't see it as a big one-

California welfare recipients withdrew $1.8 million at casino ATMs over eight months
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issues an executive order requiring recipients to promise they will use cash benefits only to meet basic subsistence needs. GOP legislators call for the cash to be returned.

Casino withdrawals, which represented far less than 1% of total welfare spending during the eight months for which the department released data, averaged just over $227,392 a month.