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Monday, August 2, 2010

Massachusetts: Proposed Gaming Locations


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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great Map and if you look at driving times on Mapquest:


Fall River to Twin Rivers Casino:


Total Travel Estimate:
28 minutes / 23.30 miles

Fall River to Newport Grand:

Total Travel Estimate:
31 minutes / 19.05 miles

Fall River to Foxwoods
Total Travel Estimate:

1 hour 12 minutes / 63.97 miles

Fall River to Mohegan

Total Travel Estimate:
1 hour 29 minutes / 79.46 miles


CharlotteDespard

August 2, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Middleboro Review said...

Thanks for calculating the time and distance, Charlotte!

It also needs to be pointed out that there are Casino Vultures that have yet to step forward and announce their locations even as they circle the future road kill.

August 2, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Anonymous said...

15,000 jobs in Massachusetts ???

With this many venues the market will be saturated.

How many people from Boston, CT or RI are going to drive to the Southcoast (Fall River area) to go to a casino???

Charlotte

August 2, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Gladys Kravitz said...

OK, Hmmm. I notice there's no casino anywhere close to Richmond*.

Also... what's up with little red marker #13 in Middleboro??

- Gladys
(*Richmond is home to Governor Patrick.)

August 2, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Middleboro Review said...

Wow, Gladys!

Thanks for noticing that omission!

I am a firm believer in IMBY - In My Backyard for ALL proponents of Slot Barns.

The NIMBY crew needs to step up to the plate and participate like the rest of us.

Wonder what Senator it was who spoke on the Senate floor of how he didn't want all that traffic, crime, congestion, pollution in his neighborhood? OVER THERE, some place like Middleboro is just fine with him!

August 2, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Middleboro Review said...

Charlotte,

Our friends to the north have been fighting this with information and ... hold onto you hat!

AN INDEPEDENT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS!

You might find this of interest, posted here:
Casinos: Limited Tourism Benefit

· 95 percent of patrons at the Bangor, Maine casino live within 35-50 miles. 97 percent live in Maine. (Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Interview with Mike Peters, April 13, 2007).

· A survey of Illinois riverboat gamblers conducted in 1995 found that 85 percent lived within 50 miles of the floating casino at which they were gambling.1

· A study by Iowa State University reported that 94 percent of gamblers at the Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino in Des Moines came from within the state; nearly two-thirds came from the county in which the racetrack is located.2

· A survey of gamblers inside a Kansas City, Missouri, casino found that 88 percent lived within 45 minutes of the casino.3 Another survey of Kansas City casinos, which are located on or near the Missouri River across from the Kansas border, found that 94 percent of cars in the casino parking lots bore either Missouri or Kansas license plates.4

· Eighty percent of Wisconsin casino revenues come from Wisconsin residents, according to a study released in 1995.5

· The 1995 United States Survey of Gaming and Gambling gives further evidence that casinos are primarily a local draw. The survey found that among respondents with a casino in or near their community, 40 percent gambled in the past year, compared to only 17 percent of those who lived at least 100 miles from a casino. Further, among casino gamblers, 42 percent of those with a casino in or near their community gambled at least every three months, compared with only 17 percent of casino gamblers living 100 miles away from a casino.6

· At the short-lived New Orleans land-based casino, local residents made up 60 percent of the clientele.7

· According to gambling researcher William Thompson, a professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, “(Casinos) have a negative impact on the community unless 50 percent of the gamblers come from out of state.”8

What I would point out is that the Updated Spectrum Gaming Report, prepared for the House Speaker in March, is based on a 2 hour drive time.

In other words, current information indicates that slot parlor traffic is coming from LOCALS, but revenue projections were based on a greater distance.

Lest you think this was a simple error, allow me to point out that Gambling Investors and the Industry can track the vast majority of their patrons because of those player cards. They KNOW where their patrons are coming from.

One might suggest that this was a deliberate attempt to mislead the public. Ya think?

August 2, 2010 at 11:58 AM

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