legalizing gambling
Legalizing Casino Gambling in Texas
Persuasive Speech Outline
Legalizing Casino Gambling in Texas
Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my class about why legalizing casino gambling in Texas is for the better.
Thesis Statement: Legalizing casino gambling in the state of Texas would enhance society and will be beneficial for the entire state.
Organizational Pattern: Problem-Solution
Introduction
I. Did you know that gambling generates more revenue than movies, spectator sports, theme parks, cruise ships and recorded music combined ("Statistics gambling facts,")?
II. Regardless of your opinion of gambling, the legalization of casino gambling is important because of all the benefits it will bring for the citizens of Texas.
III. Jim Pitts, Texas House Appropriations Chairman, said that legalized casinos in Texas could bring in one billion dollars in the first two years and about four billion dollars each subsequent year (Stutz, 2010).
IV. Legalizing casino gambling in the state of Texas would enhance society and will be beneficial for the entire state.
V. First, the state of Texas loses much needed revenue to other states. Second, legalized gambling would ensure the underworld would not be in power. Third, we will discuss what you can do to aid in legalizing casino gambling and solving the fore-mentioned problems.
(To begin, we need to look at the current economic problems in Texas.)
Body
I. First of all, the Lone Star state would greatly be able to advance her economy if we legalized casino gambling.
A. Texas is losing billions of dollars in revenue that could be used to relieve society’s social and economic problems.
A.1. According to Politifact.com, Texas residents are spending an outrageous 2.5 billion dollars at casinos located in our border states, such as Louisiana and Oklahoma ("Texans spend $2.5," 2011).
A.1.a. Texas residents’ vacation at other states and spend money at the casinos, hotels,
Persuasive Speech Outline
Legalizing Casino Gambling in Texas
Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my class about why legalizing casino gambling in Texas is for the better.
Thesis Statement: Legalizing casino gambling in the state of Texas would enhance society and will be beneficial for the entire state.
Organizational Pattern: Problem-Solution
Introduction
I. Did you know that gambling generates more revenue than movies, spectator sports, theme parks, cruise ships and recorded music combined ("Statistics gambling facts,")?
II. Regardless of your opinion of gambling, the legalization of casino gambling is important because of all the benefits it will bring for the citizens of Texas.
III. Jim Pitts, Texas House Appropriations Chairman, said that legalized casinos in Texas could bring in one billion dollars in the first two years and about four billion dollars each subsequent year (Stutz, 2010).
IV. Legalizing casino gambling in the state of Texas would enhance society and will be beneficial for the entire state.
V. First, the state of Texas loses much needed revenue to other states. Second, legalized gambling would ensure the underworld would not be in power. Third, we will discuss what you can do to aid in legalizing casino gambling and solving the fore-mentioned problems.
(To begin, we need to look at the current economic problems in Texas.)
Body
I. First of all, the Lone Star state would greatly be able to advance her economy if we legalized casino gambling.
A. Texas is losing billions of dollars in revenue that could be used to relieve society’s social and economic problems.
A.1. According to Politifact.com, Texas residents are spending an outrageous 2.5 billion dollars at casinos located in our border states, such as Louisiana and Oklahoma ("Texans spend $2.5," 2011).
A.1.a. Texas residents’ vacation at other states and spend money at the casinos, hotels,