“Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run” LongStatesRunningEconomyGamblingLong RunsRevenueLotteryBoost Author:John Warren Kindt
“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” EconomyComputerCreatingGamblingGoodsClothingsLotteryRetailers 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
“We beat the Great Depression without lotteries and legalized gambling” BeatsGamblingLotteryGreat Depression Author:John Warren Kindt
“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” PeopleMadeNumbersActivityIncreaseReportsGamblingAcceptableSociologists Author:John Warren Kindt
“I would hate to see the state of Wisconsin make another mistake and locate another casino in a high-density population area” StatesHateMistakeAreasPopulationGamblingCasinosWisconsinDensity Author:John Warren Kindt
“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” PeopleMajorsPopulationGamblingHookedCasinos Author:John Warren Kindt
“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” HelpingCrimeStealingCommitGamblingCheatAddictGambleGet Money Author:John Warren Kindt
“In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures” FormDollarsSpendingConsumersGamblingConvenienceScenariosExpenditures Author:John Warren Kindt