It's lose, lose for the taxpayer

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

The faster the gambling activity, the more highly addictive it is; and the more addictive the gambling activity is, the more revenue it will generate for the industry

Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year

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

It's time to wipe the slate clean, recriminalize gambling, just like we did in this country 100 years ago

The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that