Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run

The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas

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

The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction

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

What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S.

A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs