For the great, great percentage of the American people who gamble, it's a recreation. And it's a recreation that they have under control.

We know that 'Monday Night Football' is really popular out here because people bet on it. People who lose on the college games on Saturday and the pro games on Sunday try to make it all up on Monday night. That's a major factor in the popularity of 'Monday Night Football' across the country. People who have lost over the weekend try to get back to even. Whether they do or not is another story.

The people who want to push for the end of legalized sports gambling in Nevada would be encouraging the crooks. And they would be counterproductive to what they want to accomplish.

Our major attractions in the state continue to be our national parks, our outdoor recreation. But once people are here, they are interested in understanding the culture ... and mining is very much a part of the history and current culture.

I should be in favor of this project. Thousands of people coming to me for recreation can only make me money.

The interesting thing today was you had the Catholic board, public board, parks and recreation, all the people who have budgets, but they don't work together. There's problems with funding formulas, so I think the first thing we want to address is how they can work together.