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Video: Nationally Acclaimed Gambling Expert Dr. John W. Kindt: How Issue 3 Costs Jobs

By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio - Oct 9, 2009 11:23:15 AM ET

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Each slot machine takes in about $100,000 a year.

That’s $100,000 that’s not spent buying a car. Or a tv.

Or clothes.

Or food.

Or rent.

Prof. John Kindt literally wrote the book on gambling. He has recorded a special one minute video to explain how casinos and Issue 3 will cost Ohio jobs.

Watch it:

Prof. Kindt is a renowned expert on gambling who has testified before Congress and edited the authoritative three volume set "United States International Gambling Report Series".

You can purchase a copy online at http://www.wshein.com/Catalog/Product... was not compensated for his comments and any profit from the books will go to charity.

Nationally Acclaimed Expert Dr. John W. Kindt: Issue 3 Will Lead To Increased Crime, Bankruptcies and Homelessness

ProgressOhio Encourages You To VOTE NO ON ISSUE 3!

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cruiser

By User from Sylvania, OH, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:42:53 PM ET (Updated: Oct 9, 2009 at 12:42:53 PM ET )

Convinced me. I'll vote no.

Fly in the ointment

By Doug, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:45:43 PM ET (Updated: Oct 9, 2009 at 1:45:43 PM ET )

But if Issue 2 passes, how much of the $100,000 taken in by each slot machine in Ohio wouldn't instead have been used to gamble with the Ohio Lottery or at a casino in a neighboring state?

Gambling does not create real wealth. Again, our focus should be on reviving our manufacturing base.

The current system allows the people to vote on little stuff like casinos but not on big stuff like whether we should be part of the WTO or NAFTA.

Re: Fly in the ointment

By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:45:47 PM ET (Updated: Oct 9, 2009 at 4:45:47 PM ET )

This video is about issue 3 not issue 2.

There is no evidence in the 3 volume United States International Gambling Report that was edited by Dr. Kindt that casinos just absorb money that was already being gambled on the lottery which is a much more convenient form of gambling in that it's at the convenience or grocery store or gas station.

On your other issues your seem to be making an apples to oranges comparison of totally unrelated concepts that has no value in making a decision about the change in our state Constitution that is facilitated by Issue 2 so I don't know how to intelligently respond.

Bull S---

By Kos, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:03:55 AM ET (Updated: Oct 10, 2009 at 11:03:55 AM ET )

40 economist agree???? should read 40 Economist who don't like gambling. If you are so correct in your assumption why in the hell is Las Vegas and all of the states that have gambling doing so well ? I don't see any of them going broke because of it. No, your saying it would be better to give Pennsylvania and other surrounding states over a billion dollars a year instead of keeping it in Ohio. Your ideas are wrong buddy. If you were a true economist you'd say build the Casinos for job strapped Ohio and after one year shut them down because their using to much energy. Your nuts. KOS

Re: Bull S---

By Dave Harding, ProgressOhio, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:22:20 PM ET (Updated: Oct 10, 2009 at 12:30:35 PM ET )

It's all generally a good idea to search on some of the facts you offer before commenting.

From The Las Vegas Sun:
Las Vegas economy in free fall
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Banning gambling is among the best bets to reverse a deep recession that has crippled the global economy, according to a new collection of books that offer the most comprehensive analysis ever on the financial perils of wagering.

Personal bankruptcies soar 18 to 42 percent in areas with casinos, crime jumps 10 percent and rates for new addicted gamblers double, according to the nearly 3,000-page series, which compiles decades of academic and government research on gambling and its costs to society.

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