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

When the money is not spent on cars and refrigerators and is instead dropped into a slot machine, it leaves the economy

Then they're like addicts; they can't help themselves... They will steal, cheat, embezzle and commit other crimes just to get money to gamble

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

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

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector