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

Bankruptcies increase 18 percent to 42 percent above the national average

The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

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

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

Movies and Disney World don't create addicts