Last Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the gorgeous level of state revenues from slot machine gambling since the first legalized machines were installed in Pennsylvania a couple of years ago. But, so far, it looks like any derived benefit has been negated by financial and personal losses. An Inquirer editorial ran the numbers: "The legalization of slots appears to be a winner for the state. But the $1.8 billion that has come to state coffers was generated by slots gamblers who have lost more than $2.4 billion. That's an average loss of $249 for every adult in Pennsylvania - which is more than the property tax rebates."

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