Besides creating more compulsive gamblers, money spent on lotteries isn't spent on other goods such as clothing or computers, which would trickle through to retailers, manufacturers and other parts of the economy

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

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

A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling

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

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

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