As Wolf delivers his speech at the annual conference of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling, the 200 or so concerned citizens in the audience murmur their assent.
Citizens in a number of states across the country are fed up with all the talk of gaming expansion, says Tom Grey, the executive director of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling.
Bernie Horn of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling said he was "flabbergasted" by the low number of addicted gamblers found in the study.
The National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling worked hard to win enactment of this law, while the casino industry, represented by their Washington-based lobbying organization, the American Gaming Association, fought the gambling commission tooth-and-nail.
Casinos was a largely ecumenical movement organized by Tom Grey, a United Methodist minister who also headed the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling.
