Convenience Gambling: Information on Economic and Social Effects in SelectedLocations

摘要

This report is the third in a series of reports on the impact of gambling in theUnited States. The first report provided information on contributions from gambling interests to federal political candidates and national political party committees. The second report provided information on the social and economic impact of gambling on communities, based on information presented in the 1999 report of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC) and our case study in Atlantic City, NJ. This report presents information on the economic and social effects of convenience gambling. NGISC defined convenience gambling as the placement of slot machines or video poker terminals in restaurants, bars, drugstores, and other retail businesses meant to attract local residents, as opposed to tourists. In its 1999 report, NGISC noted eight states as having legalized convenience gambling.