Casinos and Economic Well-Being: Evaluating the Alberta First Nations’ Experience
Many of Canada’s First Nations have introduced casinos as an economic strategy to help mitigate existing socio-economic disparities. In total 17 First Nation casinos currently operate in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, while the provincial Nov...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:buc:jgbeco:v:5:y:2011:i:1:p:23-45 2024-04-14T08:11:34+00:00 Casinos and Economic Well-Being: Evaluating the Alberta First Nations’ Experience Yale D Belanger Robert J. Williams Jennifer N. Arthur http://www.ubplj.org/index.php/jgbe/article/view/563 unknown http://www.ubplj.org/index.php/jgbe/article/view/563 article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:35:06Z Many of Canada’s First Nations have introduced casinos as an economic strategy to help mitigate existing socio-economic disparities. In total 17 First Nation casinos currently operate in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, while the provincial Nova Scotia First Nations operate ‘Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) palaces’ (i.e., no table games). Although the economic benefits of Native casinos in the United States are well documented, there is very little research to determine whether the same effects exist in Canada. The present research seeks to partly fill this void by evaluating the impact of the recent introduction of casinos to Alberta First Nation (i.e., reserve) communities. Findings show that there is significant variability in the economic benefits between communities. Nonetheless, it is clear that, in general, the introduction of casinos in Alberta has broad economic benefits to Alberta First Nations. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) |
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Many of Canada’s First Nations have introduced casinos as an economic strategy to help mitigate existing socio-economic disparities. In total 17 First Nation casinos currently operate in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, while the provincial Nova Scotia First Nations operate ‘Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) palaces’ (i.e., no table games). Although the economic benefits of Native casinos in the United States are well documented, there is very little research to determine whether the same effects exist in Canada. The present research seeks to partly fill this void by evaluating the impact of the recent introduction of casinos to Alberta First Nation (i.e., reserve) communities. Findings show that there is significant variability in the economic benefits between communities. Nonetheless, it is clear that, in general, the introduction of casinos in Alberta has broad economic benefits to Alberta First Nations. |
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Casinos and Economic Well-Being: Evaluating the Alberta First Nations’ Experience |
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