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

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

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit

Your social costs, your costs to the taxpayers, are $3 for every $1 of benefits, it's not good economic development

An Osage tribal study found that between $41 million to $50 million left a 50-mile radius around their own casino

Utah sells itself to Fortune 500 companies as a noncasino state where employers don't have to be concerned about absenteeism and other problems associated with gambling