updated 4.2.10
Nick Xenophon - Independent Senator for South Australia

We need stricter measures to curb this gambling

Addicts aren't exercising free will, they are feeding an addiction
created by the very presence of poker machines in our community.
Half of poker machine profits come from problem gamblers.
This is an industry without a sustainable business case.
It's unsustainable unless it is allowed to exploit the addicted.
And for each problem gambler seven others are affected.
American's Gambling $100 Billion in Casino's Like Rats in a Cage
Americans throw away close to $100 billion per year gambling in casinos and playing lotteries. This only includes the amount spent legally. Illegal gambling accounts for billions more.
ANNIE’S INSIGHTS
Annie Mueller is a freelance writer who is passionate about seeking the truth in all issues, big or small. She works from home so she can have the best of both worlds, and consults, writes, edits, and designs web pages in between diaper changes and kitchen shifts. More of her work is available at www.sisterwisdom.com.
Gamblers going for broke
BY MIKE FITZGERALD mfitzgerald@bnd.com
Belleville News-Democrat
READ BILL KEARNEY'S SAFEGUARDS
FOR PROTECTING THE PUBLIC
This year the Pennsylvannia Legislature
legalized up to 61,000 slot machines
at tracks and slot parlors.

Government and Gambling -- A Bad Marriage
Gambling officials pat each other on the back and
squelch opposition in committee hearing.
News Analysis by Harold Hendrick

EXCERPTS FROM "ROCK SOUP"
By Nat Helms, former spokesperson for "Vote Yes Amendment 6 Committee"
(The casino group responsible for spending over $12 Million
to legalize gambling in Missouri) Presented October 27, 1995,
in Orlando, Florida at the annual NCALG meeting

Testimony of Sr. Ruth Speh, SSND
Missouri Gaming Commission - April 25, 2001