Are Canadian First Nations Casinos Providing Maximum Benefits?
To date a dearth of data has made it difficult to evaluate the success of First Nations casinos in Canada. This paper helps remedy this situation by presenting a three-province overview (Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta) of First Nations gaming models. Two key findings are offered that First Nation...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.672.3452 2023-05-15T16:14:01+02:00 Are Canadian First Nations Casinos Providing Maximum Benefits? Nations Casinos Yale Belanger Ph. D The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.672.3452 http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article%3D1311%26context%3Dgrrj en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.672.3452 http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article%3D1311%26context%3Dgrrj Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article%3D1311%26context%3Dgrrj text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T17:25:44Z To date a dearth of data has made it difficult to evaluate the success of First Nations casinos in Canada. This paper helps remedy this situation by presenting a three-province overview (Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta) of First Nations gaming models. Two key findings are offered that First Nations seeking gaming market entry and provincial officials should genuinely consider. First, while each province has adopted a unique approach to First Nations gaming policy they have each opted to direct substantial revenues out of First Nations communities and into their own treasuries. Second, the evidence suggests that larger gaming properties located nearby a significant market provide more benefits versus smaller properties situated in more isolated areas. The subsequent discussion elaborates each provincial model’s revenue generating power, how the revenue in question is being allocated and its corresponding socio-economic impact, whether increased problem gambling and crime have resulted as predicted, while exploring employment trends to determine whether they have developed as anticipated. Text First Nations Unknown Canada |
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To date a dearth of data has made it difficult to evaluate the success of First Nations casinos in Canada. This paper helps remedy this situation by presenting a three-province overview (Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta) of First Nations gaming models. Two key findings are offered that First Nations seeking gaming market entry and provincial officials should genuinely consider. First, while each province has adopted a unique approach to First Nations gaming policy they have each opted to direct substantial revenues out of First Nations communities and into their own treasuries. Second, the evidence suggests that larger gaming properties located nearby a significant market provide more benefits versus smaller properties situated in more isolated areas. The subsequent discussion elaborates each provincial model’s revenue generating power, how the revenue in question is being allocated and its corresponding socio-economic impact, whether increased problem gambling and crime have resulted as predicted, while exploring employment trends to determine whether they have developed as anticipated. |
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