Bankruptcies and addictions increase in areas with casinos

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

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

For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses, high regulatory costs, and increased infrastructure expenditures

I would hate to see the state of Wisconsin make another mistake and locate another casino in a high-density population area

For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy

A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling