Governor Ted Kulongoski

"There are costs to families, communities, and ultimately the state
when people go bankrupt playing games, commit crimes to gain money for gambling,
get divorced or fail to feed their children.
There are costs when an employee does not show up for work
because of an uncontrolled desire to play video poker.
And there are costs to existing businesses
when patrons divert their spending toward gambling activities."

Who Said That?

Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski

October 4, 1996 letter to Governor of Oregon John Kitzhaber from
then-Attorney General Theodore R. Kulongoski,
as Gaming Task Force Chair