The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas

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

Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits

The military should get rid of video gambling devices on nearly 100 overseas bases and posts

It becomes a cannibalization of your pre-existing economy

While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs of gambling are $3 to the taxpayers for every $1 in benefits

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.