A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling

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

The real loss by gambling is $180,000 to the consumer economy for each slot machine

Your addiction rate will go up if you have gambling in this area

The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that

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

While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss of jobs, economic disruption of non-gambling businesses, increased crime and higher social-welfare costs