There wasn't much on the ballot for the November 3 election, but Sherry and I made sure to vote. We wanted to try to do our part to defeat State Issue 3, a proposal to build 4 gambling casinos in Ohio.
Unfortunately the measure passed by a 53-47 per cent margin. We're worried about what that will mean for Ohio.
Studies have shown that when a casino is built in an area, the number of gambling addicts in that area doubles. Crime rises, with increases in broken homes and suicide. The high social costs offset the revenue brought in by the casinos.
There's an important article on the social costs of casinos in the November 2009 issue of First Things. I have more to say on this subject at James Pate's blog.
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