Studies in Australia have verified this drain on the economy by video gambling machines

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

A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs

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

It becomes a cannibalization of your pre-existing economy

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

Another threat to stability is the rise of Internet gambling