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

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

For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses, high regulatory costs, and increased infrastructure expenditures

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

Gambling is a catalyst for economic downturn

If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling

The faster the gambling activity, the more highly addictive it is; and the more addictive the gambling activity is, the more revenue it will generate for the industry