Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss of jobs, economic disruption of non-gambling businesses, increased crime and higher social-welfare costs

My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy

Studies in Australia have verified this drain on the economy by video gambling machines

Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

We beat the Great Depression without lotteries and legalized gambling