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

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

Another threat to stability is the rise of Internet gambling

Actually, they should just roll it all back get rid of gambling...It destabilizes the U.S. economy

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

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

Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year