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Gambling Casinos
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Gambling Casinos
Discusses economics, popularity, impact on community and society, gamblers, trade secrets and lack of opposition to casinos.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
6 sources |
1995
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"The gaming industry is experiencing an unprecedented boom in the United States as local politicians rush to pass legislation to create gambling meccas in their jurisdictions. Even mainstream commercial concerns like H & R block and McDonald's are installing franchises in casinos. Once considered a morally objectionable pursuit, gambling has become a national pastime.Legalized gambling is big business, bringing in annual revenues of $30 billion in the United States alone. The number of Americans visiting casinos, 92 million in 1993, exceeded the attendance at major league ballparks. As one member of Congress observed, "Gambling is now bigger than baseball, more powerful than a platoon of Schwarzeneggers, Spielbergs, Madonnas, and Oprahs" (U.S. Congress, 1994, p. 1). Industry analysts estimate that by the year 2000, 95 percent of the American population will ..."
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