Local competing businesses were thereby losing revenue.

In permitting gambling enterprises to flourish in the United States and abroad, the United States undermines global socio-economic stability in contravention of its international obligations

When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens

People will spend a tremendous amount of money in casinos, money they normally would spend on refrigerators or a new car. Local businesses will suffer because they'll lose consumer dollars to casinos.

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework

Utah sells itself to Fortune 500 companies as a noncasino state where employers don't have to be concerned about absenteeism and other problems associated with gambling