The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind

No reputable economist anywhere believes it's gambling an economic tool

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

The gambling interests like to point to the construction jobs, but those jobs go away

The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind

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

Utah sells itself to Fortune 500 companies as a noncasino state where employers don't have to be concerned about absenteeism and other problems associated with gambling