Bankruptcies will be up 18 to 42 percent around racinos areas tracks as people lose their money

Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings

While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs of gambling are $3 to the taxpayers for every $1 in benefits

Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those

Studies in Australia have verified this drain on the economy by video gambling machines

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

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts