27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers

When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens

In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures

The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction

Actually, they should just roll it all back get rid of gambling...It destabilizes the U.S. economy

The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind

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