Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers.

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers.

Gambling is a catalyst for economic downturn.

Generally, traditional businesses were slow to recognize the way in which legalized gambling captured dollars from across the entire spectrum of the ….

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy.

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

Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that produces n….

If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productiv….

It's lose, lose for the taxpayer.

If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling.

While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss of job….

The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction.

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

Movies and Disney World don't create addicts.

Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government.

Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework.

The real loss by gambling is $180,000 to the consumer economy for each slot machine.

Local competing businesses were thereby losing revenue..

People will spend a tremendous amount of money in casinos, money they normally would spend on refrigerators or a new car. Local businesses will suffe….

The gambling industry has a tendency to find public figures ... and these persons are used for their public image. These people generally come in for….

For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling.