Bernard P. Horn

Bernard P. Horn is communications director of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling. The following viewpoint is adapted from his testimony before the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, a federal panel appointed in 1997 to study the social impact of legalized gambling. In it, Horn urged the commission to investigate the casino industry and state lotteries for evidence that they intentionally market their games to compulsive gamblers. Just as tobacco industry documents were made public in the early 1990s, proving that cigarette companies knew nicotine was addictive and intentionally marketed their product to minors, Horn believes that court-ordered subpoenas would force the gambling industry to turn over documents showing that they intentionally target compulsive gamblers.

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