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

I would hate to see the state of Wisconsin make another mistake and locate another casino in a high-density population area

The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind

The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that

The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas

The gambling interests like to point to the construction jobs, but those jobs go away

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