Stop Predatory Gambling

Predatory gambling receives poor grade in new poll results

by spgadmin

The Day newspaper in Connecticut reports about a national survey on predatory gambling by PublicMind, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s research center. Here are some of the findings:

• A majority of those with an opinion on the subject think casinos hurt local communities.

• The survey also shows that two out of three Americans oppose the legalization of Internet gambling while 53 percent oppose the legalization of sports betting.

• Forty-six percent said casinos have a negative impact on the local community while 38 percent said casinos have a positive local effect. Those who indicated they had visited a casino in the previous 12 months split evenly on the question. Among those who hadn’t visited a casino in the last year, 61 percent said casinos have a negative effect.