Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings

27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers

For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses, high regulatory costs, and increased infrastructure expenditures

Besides creating more compulsive gamblers, money spent on lotteries isn't spent on other goods such as clothing or computers, which would trickle through to retailers, manufacturers and other parts of the economy

An Osage tribal study found that between $41 million to $50 million left a 50-mile radius around their own casino

Utah sells itself to Fortune 500 companies as a noncasino state where employers don't have to be concerned about absenteeism and other problems associated with gambling

Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit