Title

The Perceived Impacts Of Casino Gambling On A Community

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Ann. Touris. Res.

Keywords

Hospitality; Leisure; Sport & Tourism; Sociology

Abstract

Proposals have been made to legalize a single hotel casino in each of the towns of Adams and Hull, Massachusetts. A telephone survey of a systematic sample of 400 respondents in the Adams and Hull area was conducted in order to assess the perceived impacts of a hotel-casino in each of these locations. The findings show little consensus as to the positive impacts, but much greater agreement over the negative impacts that a hotel casino might have in the respondents' towns. The major factor in predicting respondents' attitudes toward legalization was found to be their perception of the impact a hotel-casino would have on the character of their town. Other major factors were the impact of the hotel-casino on crimes involving drugs and prostitution, the effectiveness of the State government at regulating casino gambling, the respondent's age, the impact of the hotel-casino on the overall standard of living, and the impact of the hotel-casino on jobs for local residents.

Journal Title

Annals of Tourism Research

Volume

12

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-1985

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

147

Last Page

165

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1985AKJ3200001

ISSN

0160-7383

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