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

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

It's time to wipe the slate clean, recriminalize gambling, just like we did in this country 100 years ago

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

27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers

No reputable economist anywhere believes it's gambling an economic tool

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