Social Cost of Problem Gambling

Nevada's number one industry is gambling but rarely does our state look beyond the profit column in measuring its impact in the community. We need to assess and quantify the social costs of unfettered gambling and marketing often directed at locals. This would mean better identification of the causes of gambling addiction, the money derived from problem gambling, the costs to the community in loss productivity, theft, bankruptcy, divorce, etc. associated with it and how we can curb it.