My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy

State-sponsored gambling produces no product, no new wealth, and so it makes no genuine contribution to economic development

It's lose, lose for the taxpayer

Studies in Australia have verified this drain on the economy by video gambling machines

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

It becomes a cannibalization of your pre-existing economy

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