The lightning spread of 'Western-style' gambling overseas has increased the problems of addicted and problem gamblers, organized crime and alleged corruption in Asia and the Middle East

Legalized gambling is the leading cause of bankruptcy

The gambling interests like to point to the construction jobs, but those jobs go away

I would hate to see the state of Wisconsin make another mistake and locate another casino in a high-density population area

A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling

Bankruptcies and addictions increase in areas with casinos

Utah sells itself to Fortune 500 companies as a noncasino state where employers don't have to be concerned about absenteeism and other problems associated with gambling

Crime goes up 10 percent due to the gambling by the third year after racinos or slot machines are open, and then it continues upward after that

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

The ABCs of legalized gambling - addictions, bankruptcies and crime

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

I woke up this morning as I do every morning, with an attitude of gratitude.

Enjoy the beauty of simplicity and slowness of life, let go of urgency, stress, and anxiety of life.

Loss was a night that never ended.

Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have.

Let a man in a garret but burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world.

Any time you have an individual who is very confident in their abilities to persuade, there can be a rude awakening under cross-examination.

I was always such a skinny kid, so I kind of grew up with an "I hate skinny" mentality.

Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him.

As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian.

We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold war against the Soviet Union.