“Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government” StatesGovernmentCostGamblingRevenueTaxpayers Author:John Warren Kindt
“For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses, high regulatory costs, and increased infrastructure expenditures” SocialJusticePayCostDollarsCriminalsWelfareGamblingExpensesRevenueInfrastructureTaxpayersCriminal JusticeExpendituresSocial Welfare Author:John Warren Kindt
“27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers” ProblemPercentGamblingRevenueCasinos Author:John Warren Kindt
“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 jobs, economic disruption of non-gambling businesses, increased crime and higher social-welfare costs” UseJobsSocialLossEconomicCrimeNeededHigherCostTaxesWelfareGamblingRevenueDisruptionSocial WelfareJob Loss Author:John Warren Kindt
“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” IfsWould BeSocialEconomicCostTaxesIncreaseConsumersProductiveGamblingGoodsRevenueBanned Author:John Warren Kindt
“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” IndustryActivityFasterGamblingRevenue Author:John Warren Kindt
“Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run” LongStatesRunningEconomyGamblingLong RunsRevenueLotteryBoost Author:John Warren Kindt
“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” Can DoTaxesDollarsConsumersBuyingGamblingGoodsRevenueLegislatureLotterySales Tax Author:John Warren Kindt
“Local competing businesses were thereby losing revenue.” LosingLocalsGamblingCompetingRevenue Author:John Warren Kindt