One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

In 1993, 40 percent of Minnesota restaurateurs reported declines attributed to casinos

Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework

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

Bankruptcies will be up 18 to 42 percent around racinos areas tracks as people lose their money

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

Sociologists almost uniformly report that increased gambling activities, which are promoted as sociologically 'acceptable' and which are made 'accessible' to larger numbers of people will increase the number of pathological gamblers