In permitting gambling enterprises to flourish in the United States and abroad, the United States undermines global socio-economic stability in contravention of its international obligations

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

Casinos don't bring business except for the gambling boys

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

The faster the gambling activity, the more highly addictive it is; and the more addictive the gambling activity is, the more revenue it will generate for the industry

There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center

For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses, high regulatory costs, and increased infrastructure expenditures