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

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

State-sponsored gambling produces no product, no new wealth, and so it makes no genuine contribution to economic development

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

Clothing sales plummet, rent delinquencies mount and even grocery sales shrink as gamblers, having tapped out their entertainment budgets, dip into dollars set aside for necessities

Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers