31 Reasons No

The Economic & Social Cost of Casinos

––>Economic Damage

––>Political and Legal Damage

––>Addiction, Crime, and Public Health Damage

 

Economic Damage

1. Regional casino markets are saturated. New Hampshire’s market is too small to support a destination resort casino.

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2. A Casino monopoly would cannibalize existing NH businesses.

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3. Including casino license money to fill a state budget hole is a recipe for budget chaos.

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4. Physical casinos are now a declining industry. Casino market saturation is causing sharp state revenue drops.

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5. Casino economic costs exceed tax revenues.

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6. The slot casino tax is a large tax on consumer spending.

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7. Casinos would damage New Hampshire’s healthy, family-friendly brand.

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8. Casino wages are low. The local cost of a casino exceeds any revenue or benefits to its host and surrounding communities.

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9. The gambling lobby’s tax revenue promises cannot be trusted.

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Political and Legal Damage

10. Gambling cannot be “limited.” One casino will lead to more.

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11. Legalization is irreversible.

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12. A slot casino will kill existing charity gambling.

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13. Letting big gambling in means political influence, then dominance.

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14. Letting big gambling in means political dominance, then corruption.

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15. Every casino bill gives an unconstitutional monopoly to a politically-connected entity.

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16. The litigation risk makes budget chaos probable.

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17. Labor should not trust gambling industry promises.

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18. A casino of any type will open the tribal casino loophole.

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19. Don’t trust phone polls. The only one that counts is at the ballot box. Massachusetts voters reject casinos.

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Addiction, Crime, and Public Health Damage

20. Serious crimes such as rape, robbery, and violent assault increase by 10 percent.

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21. Gambling addiction will double in host and surrounding communities.

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22. Gambling addiction treatment does not repair the harm gambling causes.

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23. Slot machines are several times more addictive than present forms of NH gambling.

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24. One-in-eight New Hampshire residents will be harmed.

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25. Expanding gambling will harm New Hampshire children.

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26. Slot casinos are linked to increased rates of suicide and suicide attempts.

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27. Slots are electronic loaded dice: a deceptive consumer product specifically designed to deceive and addict.

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28. Slot machines are predatory on the unfortunate. Casino taxes are not voluntary.

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29. Slot casino taxes are highly regressive.

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30. Slot casinos degrade social capital and quality of life.

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31. Senior Gambling Addiction Rates are Soaring in America

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