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

The real loss by gambling is $180,000 to the consumer economy for each slot machine

State-sponsored gambling produces no product, no new wealth, and so it makes no genuine contribution to economic development

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

Casinos don't bring business except for the gambling boys

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

Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy