The casinos are listed on a Department of Social Services website that allows welfare recipients to search for addresses of ATMs where they can withdraw cash.... ...The cash portion of California's welfare benefits comes from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Each year, California gets $3.7 billion from the federal government for the program, while state and local governments kick in an additional $2.9 billion.... http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-welfare-casinos-20100624,0,6190326.story ------------------------------------- Cash? Whatever happened to distributing government cheese and other commodities? "But I don't like government cheese. I prefer Caciocavallo Podolico."