In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures
Then they're like addicts; they can't help themselves... They will steal, cheat, embezzle and commit other crimes just to get money to gamble
It becomes a cannibalization of your pre-existing economy
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
I would hate to see the state of Wisconsin make another mistake and locate another casino in a high-density population area
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
We beat the Great Depression without lotteries and legalized gambling
The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that
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
Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts
Crime goes up 10 percent due to the gambling by the third year after racinos or slot machines are open, and then it continues upward after that
If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling
Although crime and corruption decreases within a one-mile radius of a casino, it increases 10 percent within a 35-mile radius by the third year the casino is open.
Bankruptcies increase 18 percent to 42 percent above the national average
27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers
One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers
If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling
For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling
Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers
It's lose, lose for the taxpayer
It's time to wipe the slate clean, recriminalize gambling, just like we did in this country 100 years ago
And as far as jobs go, for every one job that the casino creates, one is lost in the 35-mile feeder market
Bankruptcies will be up 18 to 42 percent around racinos areas tracks as people lose their money
The ABCs of legalized gambling - addictions, bankruptcies and crime
Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers
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