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

It's lose, lose for the taxpayer

Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework

For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy

Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits

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

The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction