Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year

$60,000 spent in a consumer economy multiplies by respending into $180,000

Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework

Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run

A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs

Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit

A 1999 report by a bipartisan federal panel on gambling concluded the United States should put a hold on further casinos until it is clear what the impact is on America