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Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits
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If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector
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Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy
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Gambling interests hire lots of economists to do impact studies, but what you need is cost-benefit analysis, and you'll never see the industry finance those
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Another threat to stability is the rise of Internet gambling
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I would hate to see the state of Wisconsin make another mistake and locate another casino in a high-density population area
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If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling
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While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs of gambling are $3 to the taxpayers for every $1 in benefits
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Gambling is a catalyst for economic downturn
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Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run
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What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S.
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For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy
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The faster the gambling activity, the more highly addictive it is and the more addictive the gambling activity is, the more revenue it will generate for the industry
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The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction
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Actually, they should just roll it all back get rid of gambling...It destabilizes the U.S. economy
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Movies and Disney World don't create addicts
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The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas
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Gambling addicts usually lose their focus at work and problem military gambling poses a national security threat
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Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year
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Studies in Australia have verified this drain on the economy by video gambling machines
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