“casino owners spoke more loudly than any of the other kings of industry to defend their contribution to society. They could speak more loudly because theirs was the purest activity of civilized man. They had transcended the need for a product. They could maintain and advance life with machines that made nothing but money.” MenNeedsMadeSpeakProductsIndustryKingsActivityMachinesContributionOwnersSpokesGamblingCivilizedCasinosContribution To Society Book:Desert of the Heart: A Novel Source: Desert of the Heart: A Novel
“Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; its such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries.” CountryProblemBigsEasySportsLinesIndustryCreditVulnerableGamblingTargetOther CountriesFootballerSyndicate Author:Gordon Taylor
“This is an industry that generates addicted gamblers and they are desperate to get money” IndustryDesperateGamblingGet Money Author:John Warren Kindt
“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” NeedsInterestStudyIndustryCostBenefitsImpactFinanceAnalysisGamblingEconomistCost Benefit Analysis 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
“Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that produces no product” HandsEconomyProduceProductsIndustryStoresGamblingGroceriesDrainsGrocery StoresRetailRetail Business 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