“For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy” YearsJobsLosesEconomyMachinesAddConsumersGamblingSlot Machines Author:John Warren Kindt
“Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year” YearsJobsLostEconomyCostMachinesVideoGambling Author:John Warren Kindt
“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 a couple of years and then they sell out and it's 100 percent owned by out-of-state interests” PeopleYearsPersonsStatesUsedInterestFiguresIndustryCouplePercentSellsTendenciesGamblingPublic FiguresPublic Image Author:John Warren Kindt
“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.” YearsCrimePercentThirdsIncreaseCorruptionMilesGamblingDecreaseCasinosRadius Author:John Warren Kindt
“It's time to wipe the slate clean, recriminalize gambling, just like we did in this country 100 years ago” YearsCountryYears AgoCleanGamblingWipeSlate Author:John Warren Kindt
“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” YearsCrimePercentMachinesThirdsDuesGamblingSlot Machines Author:John Warren Kindt