This is what I think too. I can usually make a long fast rod sweep and tag bottom when trolling with a crank , Just the opposite with a bottom bouncer.
I looked and couldn't find the paper trail for Indian owned casinos. The ND state lottery contributed 320,000 to the state gambling addiction fund, $ 422,500 to the state drug task force and $ 6.1 M to the state general fund in 2016.
I have very limited experience trolling with cranks but no matter what I am trolling with I try to stay as close to bottom as possible. with cranks though I've noticed others in the boat catching just as many fish while running their cranks a couple feet or even more off bottom.
I'm all ears on this subject and want to hear the good the bad and the ugly of it. Do you think private owned casinos would end up costing the state more than they make in the long run ?