Katherine
A. Spilde, Ph.D.
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Littlejohn Street l Arlington, MAl 02474 l 202 342.5428
National Study Finds Substantial
Off-Reservation Benefits
A
landmark national study scientifically documents that Indian
gaming has positive impacts off-reservation.
Economic
Benefits:
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“Indian casinos have substantial beneficial economic and social impacts
on surrounding communities. Moreover…No evidence of harmful
economic or social impacts due to Indian casino introduction
is discernible in our 30 indicators of economic and social
health.”
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“On the social side, NORC data can afford a comprehensive and systematic
assessment of the argument that Indian casinos-because
they improve the economic fortunes and the community integrity
of a heretofore underdeveloped minority can actually precipitate
a net social benefit.”
Decrease
in Unemployment Insurance Payments:
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“Not only do Indian casinos help the poorer of the tribes move ahead vis-ŕ-vis
their counterparts with respect to employment, but also
[our] evidence indicates Indian casino have accomplished
the same for proximate non-Indian communities with respect
to income maintenance programs. Casinos generally could
be expected to have a 6% decrease in income from income
maintenance programs, whereas Indian casino precipitate
a more profound 32% decline.”
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“Our data indicates that communities witnessing the introduction of a
proximate Indian casino experience a substantial net decline
in auto theft and robbery.”
[1]
“The National Evidence on the Socioeconomic Impacts of
American Indian Gaming.” By Jonathan Taylor, Matthew Krepps,
and Patrick Wang. Lexecon, Inc. Cambridge, MA. April, 2000.
Available on-line at www.indiangaming.org/library.
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