The ABCs of legalized gambling - addictions, bankruptcies and crime

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

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

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

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

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

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