And as far as jobs go, for every one job that the casino creates, one is lost in the 35-mile feeder market

It becomes a cannibalization of your pre-existing economy

A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling

Gambling addicts usually lose their focus at work and problem military gambling poses a national security threat

When the money is not spent on cars and refrigerators and is instead dropped into a slot machine, it leaves the economy

If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector

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