Legalized Gambling

WHAT WILL EXPANDED GAMBLING DO TO OUR COMMUNITIES?

CONGRATULATIONS! Gaming lobbyists swarmed over Beacon Hill , but your voice was heard. The proponents of casino gambling withdrew their gaming amendment when they realized it did not have enough votes. This is a victory for healthy communities. But the casino proponents have already said they will try again next year. So we will remain vigilant. INFORMATION ON THE WEB The Case Against Legalized Gambling The Negative Impacts of Casinos Real-life Examples of Gambling-Related Crime and Corruption Expanded Gambling Not a Good Bet for Nebraska The Business-Economic Impacts of Licensed Casino Gambling in West Virginia: Short-Term Gain but Long-Term Pain The Economics of Gambling: Summary Points The Case Against Casino Gambling Gambling Exacts High Cost on Kids An Economic Analysis of Machine Gambling in South Carolina Trimeridian – Products & Services to Treat Problem Gambling Australia’s Gambling Industries – Inquiry Report The Case Against Legalized Gambling – Economics 101 National Gambling Impact Study Commission ORGANIZATIONS New Mexico Coalition Against Gambling National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling

THE DEBATE IN MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts Audubon Society letter on environmental concerns MCHC Op-Ed on Expanded Gambling “Eminent domain has been used for a variety of public purposes, including urban renewal, so it would not be unusual as an extension of that philosophy,”– Sen. Michael Morrissey (D-Quincy)suggesting that eminent domain land taking should be allowed to take land for a casino “Eminent domain is supposed to be used when potentially there are a limited number of individuals standing in the way of a major public good. This particular industry is among the most slippery and sleazy in the country. They need to be watched carefully. If we are going to do it in Massachusetts, we can’t do it from weakness and desperation because of a short-term budget crisis.”– Sen. Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) “People don’t realize that you can’t control it. . .It grows and grows and grows.”– Sen. Susan Tucker (D-Andover) ” It is an incredibly important issue that will change the social and economic fabric of this Commonwealth for many years.”– Sen Brian Joyce (D-Milton), in the Senate debate ” If you don’t get revenues through this vehicle then you are going to get them through taxes, the only other plausible alternative.”– Sen. Robert Havern (D-Arlington), explaining why he supported expanded gambling” ” If we don’t make any money on this, what are we doing this for?” – Rep. Dan Bosely (D-North Adams) QUOTES ON GAMBLING “Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.”       – Wilson Mizner “Suckers have no business with money anyway.”     &nbsp-Canada; Bill Jones, Legendary Three-card Monte Dealer “When we put 50 machines in, I consider them 50 more mousetraps. You have to have a mousetrap to catch a mouse.”     &nbsp-; Bob Stupak, former Las Vegas casino owner ” Gambling has a huge history of destroying societies. If you look at the indices for social decay, widespread gambling historically, is one of the most reliable ones.”     &nbsp-; Ralph Nader, before the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church, July 13, 1998:

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