It becomes a cannibalization of your pre-existing economy

Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework

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

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

In permitting gambling enterprises to flourish in the United States and abroad, the United States undermines global socio-economic stability in contravention of its international obligations

If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling

For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling