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Towns Must Weigh Gambling's Consequences
The Devil in my Casino
A Growing, Harmful Industry
Looking at the evidence nationally, the Institute for American Values, a non-partisan think tank, concluded casinos constitute a regressive tax that hits low-wage earners, minorities and elderly people the hardest, thereby contributing to economic inequality in America. In sum, the Institute found, ...
Doubling Down on a Troubled Industry
Looking at the evidence nationally, the Institute for American Values, a nonpartisan think tank, concluded that casinos constitute a regressive tax that hits low-wage earners, minorities, and the elderly the hardest. In sum, the Institute found, the new regional and local casinos drain wealth from c...
A Casino in Atlanta? Craps for Saps
Members of the gambling crowd visited the state Capitol this week to extol the wisdom of expanding their trade to Georgia.
Slot machines do funny things to governments
More casinos in Connecticut a bad bet
Brockton casino opponents reaching out to residents in final days of election
Casinos a worse deal with each passing year
Revisiting the Casino Decision
Withdraw casino support, say church groups
Why I'm voting for casino repeal
I back casinos -- and killing casino bill
For Casinos -- and For Repealing the Casino Law
Atlantic City casinos: Storied past, grim future
Lawmakers all in on gambling as revenue crutch
Nor do casinos provide sustainable tax revenues for states - which are often lawmakers' main motive to legalize gambling. Thanks to oversaturation, casino revenues have been dropping in a number of states, including Connecticut, Delaware, and Ohio. Even Pennsylvania's once-booming casino market has ...
Casinos face a losing streak as economy recovers
A Good Way to Wreck a Local Economy: Build Casinos
Seniors in Casino Land
Seventy-five percent of older Americans favor the slot machine over other forms of gambling. Far different from the old fashioned, "one-armed-bandits" with spinning reels and coins pouring forth, modern slots and similar electronic gambling devices are computerized machines that use light, sound, an...
Seniors in Casino Land
Seventy-five percent of older Americans favor the slot machine over other forms of gambling. Far different from the old fashioned, "one-armed-bandits" with spinning reels and coins pouring forth, modern slots and similar electronic gambling devices are computerized machines that use light, sound, an...