Should casinos be allowed in Massachusetts?

There is nothing, and I mean nothing, more debilitating and difficult to deal with than not knowing where your next paycheck is coming from. Destination resort gaming offers hope to families that are struggling, plain and simple.

-- Massachusetts AFL-CIO president Bob Haynes

Why is this not being considered a consumer protection issue when slot machines are very carefully designed to addict people and then to swindle them for everything they have? … We’re talking here about potentially impacting negatively two out of three people in the state.

-- Evelyn T. Reilly, director of public policy for the Massachusetts Family Institute