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

In 1993, 40 percent of Minnesota restaurateurs reported declines attributed to casinos

If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy

Your social costs, your costs to the taxpayers, are $3 for every $1 of benefits, it's not good economic development

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