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Towns Must Weigh Gambling's Consequences
The Devil in my Casino
How Casinos Enable Gambling Addicts
Modern slot machines develop an unbreakable hold on many players-some of whom wind up losing their jobs, their families, and even, as in the case of Scott Stevens, their lives.
A Growing, Harmful Industry
Looking at the evidence nationally, the Institute for American Values, a non-partisan think tank, concluded casinos constitute a regressive tax that hits low-wage earners, minorities and elderly people the hardest, thereby contributing to economic inequality in America. In sum, the Institute found, ...
Doubling Down on a Troubled Industry
Looking at the evidence nationally, the Institute for American Values, a nonpartisan think tank, concluded that casinos constitute a regressive tax that hits low-wage earners, minorities, and the elderly the hardest. In sum, the Institute found, the new regional and local casinos drain wealth from c...
A Casino in Atlanta? Craps for Saps
Members of the gambling crowd visited the state Capitol this week to extol the wisdom of expanding their trade to Georgia.
Maimed economic structures use scholarly research to induce social blindness
I doubt that anyone running for president or Congress in 2016 will even mention this problem. But I think we should be marching in the streets. We should be ashamed to live in a society where public expertise is largely shaped by and for private interests. We should refuse to grant the people who he...
Gambling's lure is real concern, experts say
State prefers gambling over high-tech and business growth
Slot machines do funny things to governments
More casinos in Connecticut a bad bet
Brockton casino opponents reaching out to residents in final days of election
Casinos a worse deal with each passing year
Revisiting the Casino Decision
Withdraw casino support, say church groups
Expanding gambling not the answer to state budget woes
With fewer young people gambling, time for a government rethink
Hold the line against sports gambling
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's call to legalize sports betting – a major break from his fellow big league executives that's being praised for its supposed candor – demonstrates a profound lack of understanding of the issue. Silver's main argument is that many fans already bet illegal...
Plenty of reasons why not to legalize sports betting
In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, the new commissioner of the National Basketball Association, Adam Silver, says that he favors allowing legalized sports betting throughout the United States. The announcement both surprises and confirms. It surprises because no leader of any major U.S. sports...
Plenty of reasons why not to legalize sports betting
In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, the new commissioner of the National Basketball Association, Adam Silver, says that he favors allowing legalized sports betting throughout the United States. The announcement both surprises and confirms. It surprises because no leader of any major U.S. sports...