Activity Quote by John Warren Kindt

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

— John Warren Kindt

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

— John Warren Kindt

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

— John Warren Kindt

The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind

— John Warren Kindt

One to 2 percent of the population becomes addicted gamblers

— 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…

— John Warren Kindt

While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss…

— 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

Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling,…

— Spencer Bachus

Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that…

— 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…

— John Warren Kindt

Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet…

— Spencer Bachus