Children & Families

Legalized gambling might be good for a state's economy, but it's not very positive for families, according to a telephone poll of 632 adults in Iowa, which has more forms of legalized gambling than any other state.

Seventy-seven percent of those polled said that gambling has a negative impact on low-income families; 60 percent said it's bad for all families with children.

Sixty percent of the respondents also said that gambling has a negative effect on children younger than 18. And almost half said that they have observed children participating in some sort of gaming, such as buying lottery tickets or...