You bring in gambling into a major population base, and the more people you have going into a casino, the more people you have hooked on gambling

The gambling interests like to point to the construction jobs, but those jobs go away

There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center

Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that produces no product

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit

What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S.