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

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

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

They say the eyes are the apertures to the soul. If that is so, I feared Locusta's soul was far darker than even Nero's.

Be confident because the odds are in your favor.' He clears his throat, like talking this much hurts him. 'Not because you're a special snowflake.

But when reality was hopeless, fantasy became more and more necessary.

Horizontal (human-centered) grief is much less concerned with being broken and more concerned with being busted.

Beware how you give your heart.

Human connections are deeply nurtured in the field of shared story.

'Swimming Pool' was a very important moment for me because the character was written for me.

Just remember, everything you are is.

Dovie'andi se tovya sagain (It's time to roll the dice) - Matrim Cauthon