Your social costs, your costs to the taxpayers, are $3 for every $1 of benefits, it's not good economic development

It's lose, lose for the taxpayer

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

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

The common mistake that business people make is they're going to get drive-by business...Only gas stations are helped

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

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