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

Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling

If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling

Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy

When the money is not spent on cars and refrigerators and is instead dropped into a slot machine, it leaves the economy

A 1999 report by a bipartisan federal panel on gambling concluded the United States should put a hold on further casinos until it is clear what the impact is on America