The lightning spread of 'Western-style' gambling overseas has increased the problems of addicted and problem gamblers, organized crime and alleged corruption in Asia and the Middle East

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

Sociologists almost uniformly report that increased gambling activities, which are promoted as sociologically 'acceptable' and which are made 'accessible' to larger numbers of people will increase the number of pathological gamblers

People will spend a tremendous amount of money in casinos, money they normally would spend on refrigerators or a new car. Local businesses will suffer because they'll lose consumer dollars to casinos.

The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind

A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs

You bring in gambling into a major population base, and the more people you have going into a casino, the more people you have hooked on gambling