Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy

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

Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

Gambling is a catalyst for economic downturn

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

In 1993, 40 percent of Minnesota restaurateurs reported declines attributed to casinos

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