It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas

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

If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling

Although crime and corruption decreases within a one-mile radius of a casino, it increases 10 percent within a 35-mile radius by the third year the casino is open.

$60,000 spent in a consumer economy multiplies by respending into $180,000

Utah sells itself to Fortune 500 companies as a noncasino state where employers don't have to be concerned about absenteeism and other problems associated with gambling

An Osage tribal study found that between $41 million to $50 million left a 50-mile radius around their own casino