This is about as cold and calculating as an analysis can get:
Indiana's casinos are to blame for about $1 million in crime each week, but the 10 riverboats raised $763 million in net revenue for the state during the fiscal year that ended in June.
Lawmakers on Tuesday were expected to officially release those findings, part of a seven-month assessment of Indiana's gambling industry by Indianapolis-based consultant Policy Analytics LLC, The Indianapolis Star reported Monday.
The study, designed to present a neutral view of gambling in the state, supported what many industry officials have been saying for years - that casinos' costs, including bankruptcies and poor mental health, are significant but overshadowed by the revenue they bring.
Sorry about that bankruptcy and, you know, getting to the brink of suicide and stuff, but the state is making out like a bandit here, so just shut up and take it, OK? Yeah, yeah, I know -- we're all responsible for our own actions. But shouldn't the state at least be "neutral" about our vices instead of actively encouraging them?
