For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling

The real loss by gambling is $180,000 to the consumer economy for each slot machine

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

Your addiction rate will go up if you have gambling in this area

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

Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that produces no product

While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs of gambling are $3 to the taxpayers for every $1 in benefits