 casinos bridge cards  michigan has an inordinate number of people who are truly in need because of our high unemployment rate and a sluggish economy as a state we try to address the needs of the people who are suffering economically by providing them with services that help them through the difficult times one of the ways to do that is with bridge cards to many bridge cards are a godsend and help them to survive until they can get back on their feet the sad thing is that bridge cards are being abused in many different ways by the people who use them one of the most recent abuses has been exposed by sen hardiman he has stated that ldquo the state has determined about 87000 in assistance funding was withdrawn at detroit s motorcity casino within a recent oneyear period rdquo using bridge cards senator hardiman has introduced legislation aimed at preventing michigan welfare recipients from withdrawing taxpayer money from atm machines while at casinos click on the story ldquo  bill would ban welfare benefits from casino atms  rdquo from mlive and the associated press for the details 191  