The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction

Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government

A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs

An Osage tribal study found that between $41 million to $50 million left a 50-mile radius around their own casino

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

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

This is an industry that generates addicted gamblers and they are desperate to get money