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To the editor
One of the main arguments for state lotteries is that legalization will decrease illegal gambling. The evidence shows it will stimulate illegal gambling.
Sean McWeeney, chief of the Organized Crime Section of the Criminal Investigative Division of the FBI, summarized one of legal gambling’s problems.
“The major problem is credit,” Mr. McWeeney said. “Legal gambling creates new gamblers who switch over to illegal gambling when their money supply is exhausted.”
“. . .Matching the illegal game against the legal lottery is like two guys in a boxing ring, one with an arm tied behind his back,” said Howard Klein, associate publisher of Gaming Business magazine.
“Washington’s illegal numbers racket is booming. . . despite the introduction of the District’s first legal gambling,” according to D.C. police officials.
Preprinted slips intended for use in legal games have been used in illegal games in D.C., according to Dr. Larry Braidfoot, author of “Gambling: A Deadly Game.” This makes
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