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

Besides creating more compulsive gamblers, money spent on lotteries isn't spent on other goods such as clothing or computers, which would trickle through to retailers, manufacturers and other parts of the economy

State-sponsored gambling produces no product, no new wealth, and so it makes no genuine contribution to economic development

27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers

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

It's lose, lose for the taxpayer

Movies and Disney World don't create addicts