For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
State-sponsored gambling produces no product, no new wealth, and so it makes no genuine contribution to economic development — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S. — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
When the money is not spent on cars and refrigerators and is instead dropped into a slot machine, it leaves the economy — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Then they're like addicts; they can't help themselves... They will steal, cheat, embezzle and commit other crimes just to get money to… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Crime goes up 10 percent due to the gambling by the third year after racinos or slot machines are open, and then… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Sociologists almost uniformly report that increased gambling activities, which are promoted as sociologically 'acceptable' and which are made 'accessible' to larger numbers… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses,… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Generally, traditional businesses were slow to recognize the way in which legalized gambling captured dollars from across the entire spectrum of the… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
No reputable economist anywhere believes it's gambling an economic tool — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Gambling addicts usually lose their focus at work and problem military gambling poses a national security threat — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Your addiction rate will go up if you have gambling in this area — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
This is an industry that generates addicted gamblers and they are desperate to get money — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
The ABCs of legalized gambling - addictions, bankruptcies and crime — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
The common mistake that business people make is they're going to get drive-by business...Only gas stations are helped — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
It is not economic development; it's about taking money out of the consumer economy and shipping it off to Las Vegas — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
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 — John Warren Kindt Copy Share
In permitting gambling enterprises to flourish in the United States and abroad, the United States undermines global socio-economic stability in contravention of its international… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share
27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers — John Warren Kindt Copy Share
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… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share
For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy — John Warren Kindt Copy Share
Gambling has a zero-sum economic effect in its market and, like legalizing cocaine, the socio-economic costs of legalizing gambling overwhelm the benefits — John Warren Kindt Copy Share
In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures — John Warren Kindt Copy Share
This is an industry that generates addicted gamblers and they are desperate to get money — John Warren Kindt Copy Share
Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit — John Warren Kindt Copy Share
The military should get rid of video gambling devices on nearly 100 overseas bases and posts — John Warren Kindt Copy Share