A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs

What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S.

While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss of jobs, economic disruption of non-gambling businesses, increased crime and higher social-welfare costs

Generally, traditional businesses were slow to recognize the way in which legalized gambling captured dollars from across the entire spectrum of the various consumer markets, but now they know

Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run

Your addiction rate will go up if you have gambling in this area

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