Assault on Tribal Values
Sue Abrams describes how outside interests steamrolled tribal government and tradition to make millions at the price of Native American culture and religion. She describes threats, violence and bribes that brought about the Niagra casino in New York.
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Violation of State Constitution
New York attorney Cornelius Murray discusses how New York’s Governor violated the state’s constitution to bring Native American casinos to his state. The process has been repeated across the country as gambling industry promoters use tribes to trump state law.
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Seven Card Dare
Pennsylvania author and activist Bill Kearney believes people are addicted to “comps” at casinos as much as they are addicted to gambling. In this address, he challenges the gambling industry to “seven cards,” or concepts, to help prevent social damage.
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Government Fosters Gambling
NGISC member, think tank CEO and highly regarded administrator Richard Leone describes the process that brought about the famous “Final Report,” and the peculiar twists governments devise to allow gambling. Truth in advertising and duty to consumers are among his strongest points.
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Always an Increase in Crime
Where gambling goes, there follows an increase in crime, reports Maryland Attorney General Joseph Curran. Curran, at the request of his state legislature, traveled the country talking to law enforcement officers and concluded the universal trend is an increase in crime.
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Casinos Know Their Harm
Despite a barrage of insults and talk show ridicule, attorney Terry Noffsinger comes to the aid of David Williams, a compulsive gambler who lost everything to a casino. The Williams case cuts to the chase of duty to consumers and the callous disregard casinos have of the damage they do. The casino knew they had driven this victim to the brink of suicide, and still continued to entice him.
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• South Carolina Boots Slots and Wins!
  Activist and gambling expert Frank Quinn explains how gambling really can be successfully removed from a state. In 2000, a South Carolina judge ruled slot machines illegal in that state, and thousands of them were unplugged. The gambling proponents warned the state’s economy and its government would collapse. The only things that went down were addiction, (by 85 percent in three months) crime and bankruptcy. (Short segment missing when a tape ran out) Windows Media Video

• Connecticut Charity Nights Prove State's Undoing
  Acclaimed author and activist Jeff Benedict gives the background details of how Connecticut started out with charity gambling and was forced to host the world’s two largest casinos. This talk continues with how the fight to stop other tribal casinos has progressed since then. Windows Media Video

• West Virginia Legislator Knows Gambling's Economic Damage
  In West Virginia, Kelli Sabonya discovered if “someone” had to do something, that “someone” was her. First a lobbyist and then a legislator, she explains the fight against the growing menace. She asks, if gambling is supposed to be so good, why is her state’s economy 50^th in the nation? Windows Media Video

• Baltimore Council President Fights for More Responsible Government
  Baltimore City Council president Sheila Dixon opened the conference with a soul-searching set of reasons why the state shouldn’t ruin peoples’ lives to fund education. Windows Media Video

• Mass Senator Fights for Better Solutions
  Massachusetts Senator Sue Tucker describes the ongoing battle to stop casino gambling in her state. Her strategy is simple. She explains gambling is Robin Hood in Reverse, and she tells people who the real losers will be.  Windows Media Video