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

There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center

In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures

People will spend a tremendous amount of money in casinos, money they normally would spend on refrigerators or a new car. Local businesses will suffer because they'll lose consumer dollars to casinos.

The common mistake that business people make is they're going to get drive-by business...Only gas stations are helped

In 1993, 40 percent of Minnesota restaurateurs reported declines attributed to casinos

My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy