John Warren Kindt

Bankruptcies and addictions increase in areas with casinos

— John Warren Kindt

Casinos don't bring business except for the gambling boys

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling is being subsidized by the taxpayers

— John Warren Kindt

Another threat to stability is the rise of Internet gambling

— John Warren Kindt

It becomes a cannibalization of your pre-existing economy

— John Warren Kindt

A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

— John Warren Kindt

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

— John Warren Kindt

For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling

— John Warren Kindt

When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens

— John Warren Kindt

27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers

— John Warren Kindt

State-sponsored gambling produces no product, no new wealth, and so it makes no genuine contribution to economic development

— John Warren Kindt

The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction

— John Warren Kindt

What we really need is a federal intervention plan, which calls for a moratorium on gambling in the U.S.

— John Warren Kindt

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

Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— John Warren Kindt

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

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

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

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

There would be economic disruption in Omaha from expanded gambling...You would just be moving Chernobyl closer to the population center

— John Warren Kindt

Movies and Disney World don't create addicts

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling is a catalyst for economic downturn

— John Warren Kindt

Local competing businesses were thereby losing revenue.

— John Warren Kindt

Taxpayers would likely be responsible for treating addicts

— John Warren Kindt

It's lose, lose for the taxpayer

— John Warren Kindt

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

— John Warren Kindt

If you want your 401k to come back, recriminalize gambling

— John Warren Kindt

No reputable economist anywhere believes it's gambling an economic tool

— John Warren Kindt

Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit

— John Warren Kindt

Gambling addicts usually lose their focus at work and problem military gambling poses a national security threat

— John Warren Kindt

Your addiction rate will go up if you have gambling in this area

— John Warren Kindt

This is an industry that generates addicted gamblers and they are desperate to get money

— John Warren Kindt

If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling

— John Warren Kindt

The ABCs of legalized gambling - addictions, bankruptcies and crime

— John Warren Kindt

The common mistake that business people make is they're going to get drive-by business...Only gas stations are helped

— John Warren Kindt

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