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Gambling – A Bad DealGambling Facts:
(from United Methodist publications and Citizens for Community Values)
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If gambling is within 50 miles, the chances of people in your community becoming addicted toincreases by 50% (75% if your community is poor).
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60%of casino revenues come from gamblers making less than $25,000 per year.
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Bankruptcy rates are 100% higher in counties in casinos than in counties without.
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Dramatically increased rates of divorce are associated with gambling.
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Significant child neglect has been reported, with 10-17% of children of compulsive gamblers beingabused.
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An estimated 40% of white-collar crime has its roots in gambling.
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In counties with neighboring casinos, 8.6% of property crime and 12.6% of violent crime are caused by casinos. In counties with casinos, the rates are much higher.
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Suicides in cities with casinos are 4 times higher than in comparable cities without gambling.
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For every one tax dollar generated the cost to the state is 3 dollars.
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A study in Aurora, IL found that after the arrival of riverboat gambling, 97% of businessesexperienced a decline that resulted in loss of jobs.
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In Atlantic City, 25% of small businesses closed 3 years after casinos opened.
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Prior to casinos, Atlantic City had an unemployment rate 30% higher than the rest of the state. 10years later it is 50% higher than the rest of the state.
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Approximately 3% of those who visit casinos will develop addictions at the problem or pathologicallevel. 30-50% of casinos revenues come from such addicts.
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 New traditional businesses are reluctant to invest in communities with casinos and other gamblingenterprises because of the ensuing bad debts, delinquent time payments and bankruptcies.
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Ohio’s own experience with lotteries has proven that the promises of the gambling industry are mostoften empty promises.
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In Deadwood, SD, after two years of casino gambling, child abuse cases increased 42 percent, whiledomestic violence and assaults increased by 80 percent.
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In Indiana, 72 children were found abandoned on casino properties during a 14 month period.Citizens for Community Values -http://www.ccv.org/
From a letter from the United Methodist Bishops in OhioCasinos do not bring positive economic development or create additional jobs.
This fact is documented once again in a report on the statewide economic and social factors of Issue 3recently published by Ohio’s Hiram College. Casinos have the opposite effect by ultimately pulling moneyout of the local economy. This harms existing businesses and causes thousands of hard working citizens tolose their current jobs. The out of state companies that will operate these casinos will deplete the Ohioeconomy further as they take their profits elsewhere. Casinos ultimately lead to the loss of jobs and small businesses in the communities in which they are located.
The social costs as a result of casino gambling will exceed revenue 3 to 1.
Let this sink in – for every dollar gambling generates, it will cost the taxpayers of Ohio three dollars insocial costs. Problem gamblers ruin their lives and harm their families through increased debt, bankruptcy,home foreclosures, divorce, spousal abuse, child abuse and suicide. Casino gambling always does moreharm than good to families. This amendment is economic nonsense in a time when we most desperatelyneed sound, sustainable economic policies.
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