BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jack Meeks, Chairman
Tony Sutton

HONORARY CHAIRS
Warren Spannaus, Former Minnesota Attorney General
Wendell Anderson, Former Minnesota Governor
Mary Kiffmeyer, Minnesota Secretary of State
Ember Reichgott Junge, Former State Senator
Carl Jacobson, Former State Representative

Citizens Against Gambling Expansion, or CAGE, is a bi-partisan grassroots organization of Minnesotans who oppose the expansion of gambling in our state. We believe the social and economic costs of gambling far outweigh the benefits claimed by gambling proponents.

But don’t take our word for it. These facts speak for themselves:

For every $1 the government gets from gambling, the community pays $2 to $3 in social and economic costs.
(Grinols and Mustard, 2001, “Business Profitability versus Social Profitability: The Case of Casinos,” Managerial & Decision Economics 22)

Up to 40% of white collar crime is caused by gambling.
(Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 2:2, September 2004)

As much as 25-50% of casino revenues come from problem and pathological gamblers.
(Grinols and Mustard, 2001, “Business Profitability versus Social Profitability: The Case of Casinos,” Managerial & Decision Economics 22)

Two-thirds of gambling addicts turn to crime to finance their addiction.
(Family First, “Gambling’s Devastating Social Costs”)

Teenagers are up to three times more likely to get addicted to gambling than adults.
(“Underage Gambling: Taking a Chance on America’s Youth,”Northwestern University)

Each problem gambler costs society from $13,000 to $52,000 per year.
(Robert Goodman, “The Luck Business,” New York City: Free Press, 1995)