There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center

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

Crime goes up 10 percent due to the gambling by the third year after racinos or slot machines are open, and then it continues upward after that

It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas

Your social costs, your costs to the taxpayers, are $3 for every $1 of benefits, it's not good economic development

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

We beat the Great Depression without lotteries and legalized gambling