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

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

Gambling is a catalyst for economic downturn

Movies and Disney World don't create addicts

People will spend a tremendous amount of money in casinos, money they normally would spend on refrigerators or a new car. Local businesses will suffer because they'll lose consumer dollars to casinos.

You bring in gambling into a major population base, and the more people you have going into a casino, the more people you have hooked on gambling

The lightning spread of 'Western-style' gambling overseas has increased the problems of addicted and problem gamblers, organized crime and alleged corruption in Asia and the Middle East