Local competing businesses were thereby losing revenue.

When the money is not spent on cars and refrigerators and is instead dropped into a slot machine, it leaves the economy

Gambling addicts usually lose their focus at work and problem military gambling poses a national security threat

Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

$60,000 spent in a consumer economy multiplies by respending into $180,000

Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits

If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling