Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that produces no product

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens

A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs

The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

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