Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits
Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy
A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs
Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework
The real loss by gambling is $180,000 to the consumer economy for each slot machine
Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year
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
Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government
The gambling interests like to point to the construction jobs, but those jobs go away
If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling
For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses, high regulatory costs, and increased infrastructure expenditures
Casinos don't bring business except for the gambling boys
27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers
One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers
The gambling industry has a tendency to find public figures ... and these persons are used for their public image. These people generally come in for a couple of years and then they sell out and it's 100 percent owned by out-of-state interests
If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling
For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling
Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers
It's lose, lose for the taxpayer
It's time to wipe the slate clean, recriminalize gambling, just like we did in this country 100 years ago
And as far as jobs go, for every one job that the casino creates, one is lost in the 35-mile feeder market
The ABCs of legalized gambling - addictions, bankruptcies and crime
Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers
The military should get rid of video gambling devices on nearly 100 overseas bases and posts
Gambling addicts usually lose their focus at work and problem military gambling poses a national security threat
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