The ABCs of legalized gambling - addictions, bankruptcies and crime

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

It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas

The faster the gambling activity, the more highly addictive it is; and the more addictive the gambling activity is, the more revenue it will generate for the industry

Movies and Disney World don't create addicts

Generally, traditional businesses were slow to recognize the way in which legalized gambling captured dollars from across the entire spectrum of the various consumer markets, but now they know

There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center