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

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

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

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

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

When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens

If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling