We beat the Great Depression without lotteries and legalized gambling

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

A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs

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

Although crime and corruption decreases within a one-mile radius of a casino, it increases 10 percent within a 35-mile radius by the third year the casino is open.

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

$60,000 spent in a consumer economy multiplies by respending into $180,000