“Studies in Australia have verified this drain on the economy by video gambling machines”
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“For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy”
“Therefore 5,000 new video gambling machines costs the economy 5,000 lost jobs each year”
“Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government”
“Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework”
“My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy”
“Gamblers spend 10 percent less on food; 25 percent less on clothing and 35 percent less on savings”
“Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit”
“My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me.”
“In 1993, 40 percent of Minnesota restaurateurs reported declines attributed to casinos”