In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures

What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S.

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

Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings

Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

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

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