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 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

Bankruptcies increase 18 percent to 42 percent above the national average

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

For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy

It's time to wipe the slate clean, recriminalize gambling, just like we did in this country 100 years ago

Crime goes up 10 percent due to the gambling by the third year after racinos or slot machines are open, and then it continues upward after that