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

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

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

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

And as far as jobs go, for every one job that the casino creates, one is lost in the 35-mile feeder market

While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs of gambling are $3 to the taxpayers for every $1 in benefits

Movies and Disney World don't create addicts