In 1993, 40 percent of Minnesota restaurateurs reported declines attributed to casinos
Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit
Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings
A 1999 report by a bipartisan federal panel on gambling concluded the United States should put a hold on further casinos until it is clear what the impact is on America
Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework
Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government
Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year
Studies in Australia have verified this drain on the economy by video gambling machines
The real loss by gambling is $180,000 to the consumer economy for each slot machine
A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs
Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy
Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits
This is an industry that generates addicted gamblers and they are desperate to get money
The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas
Bankruptcies and addictions increase in areas with casinos
An Osage tribal study found that between $41 million to $50 million left a 50-mile radius around their own casino
Your addiction rate will go up if you have gambling in this area
It's time to wipe the slate clean, recriminalize gambling, just like we did in this country 100 years ago
If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling
Although crime and corruption decreases within a one-mile radius of a casino, it increases 10 percent within a 35-mile radius by the third year the casino is open.
Bankruptcies increase 18 percent to 42 percent above the national average
It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas
27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers
One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers
Generally, traditional businesses were slow to recognize the way in which legalized gambling captured dollars from across the entire spectrum of the various consumer markets, but now they know
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