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

The real loss by gambling is $180,000 to the consumer economy for each slot machine

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those

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

Bankruptcies and addictions increase in areas with casinos

It's lose, lose for the taxpayer