While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss of jobs, economic disruption of non-gambling businesses, increased crime and higher social-welfare costs

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

And as far as jobs go, for every one job that the casino creates, one is lost in the 35-mile feeder market

The lightning spread of 'Western-style' gambling overseas has increased the problems of addicted and problem gamblers, organized crime and alleged corruption in Asia and the Middle East

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

My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy

You bring in gambling into a major population base, and the more people you have going into a casino, the more people you have hooked on gambling