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Study shows Indian gaming pumps $7.5 billion into state economy
George Winship/Anderson Valley Post Win-River Casino's General Manager Gary Hayward, 44, stands outside the casino. Win River and Redding Rancheria were part of a study by the California Nations Indian Gaming Association that shows how much money Indian gaming provides to the state and local communities.
A study of 13 of California's 33 federally recognized tribal casinos — including Redding Rancheria's Win-River Casino — shows the $7.5 billion economic clout annually of such establishments statewide as Gov. Jerry Brown is contemplating next month expanding by two the number of Indian casinos.
Commissioned by the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, the study by Beacon Economics, released on Wednesday, calculates 52,000 jobs were created and nearly $515 million in taxes and revenues generated by tribal casinos during 2010. Those studied included a cross-section of large and small casinos in urban and rural markets with a range of amenities such as hotels, restaurants, retail businesses and entertainment venues.
Of the 52,000 [LOW WAGE] jobs, 30,000 come from operations within the casinos. The study estimates tribal gaming creates an additional 22,000 jobs in the broader economy [This is a phony claim if they are NOT directly employed. How many local jobs were cannibalized? What other business justifies itself like this?], putting the industry on par with the state's non-residential construction industry, which accounts for about 53,000 jobs and the apparel manufacturing industry, with 56,500 jobs.
"California tribes made a promise to California voters. ... We would provide jobs for our people and our neighbors. We would be good neighbors sharing responsibility for services like fire and police and environmental protection as well as supporting nonprofits and public entities that contribute to the quality of life in our regions," said Daniel J. Tucker, chairman of the tribal association.
"This is our first report card and I am proud of it," Tucker said of the study.
The California data were compared with a 2010 study compiled by the National Indian Gaming Commission of 422 tribal government gaming operations throughout the United States that generated almost $30 billion in gaming revenues with California accounting for more than 26 percent, or $6.9 billion, of those revenues, Beacon Economic found.
Because the casinos are located on sovereign, federally recognized Indian reservations, the tribes do not have to pay income taxes on revenues derived from casino operations. Still, the Beacon Economics report says that Indian gaming activities generate about $465 million in tax revenues to the state through income and payroll taxes paid by employees and through sales and property taxes from off-reservation facilities.
More than 80 percent of casino employees are non-tribal members, according to the report, and earn an average salary of $33,400 [another phony claim! You can't accept 'averages' without producing an index of distribution and how many workers earn minumum wage] ,usually with benefits, more than double the average salary of California workers in the hospitality industry. Economists estimate the tribal gaming industry produces $1.4 billion in direct wages for its employees.
The study purportedly dispels several common misconceptions of tribal government gaming in regards to economic factors, said Chris Thornberg, a founding partner of Beacon Economics.
One misconception — that economic benefits come at the cost of higher crime and other harmful social consequences — was dispelled by a separate study published in the April 2000 edition of the Journal of Gambling Studies and conducted by Jonathan B. Taylor, Matthew B. Krepps and Patrick Wang, he said.
That study surveyed 100 communities across the United States, including 24 with a nearby non-Indian casino and 16 with tribal government gaming. The research concluded that instead of creating or increasing negative social impacts such as crime, the introduction of tribal government gaming served as a development tool benefiting the tribe and non-Indian neighbors because such casinos are traditionally located in rural, non-developed areas.
More horse manure! Patrons merely take the crime and 'social costs' back to their California communities.
A more recent (2009) study by the National Conference of State Legislatures was also cited: "In addition to relieving the state of its obligation to provide services to a particular group of state citizens that frequently may be 'hard-to-serve' because they reside on reservations in a remote, rural area, tribally administered programs also can benefit both (tribal and non-tribal) governments by meeting the specific needs of tribal citizens and using their particular cultural philosophies in the design of their programs."
In fact, many tribal governments with casinos provide public and social services on and off tribal land to members and non-members, the Beacon Economics study shows.
An example of that is Redding Rancheria, which employs more than 600 people and operates a large day-care and Head Start program, a regional nutrition program and recently expanded its health care and dental center, said Maria Orozco, public relations director for Redding Rancheria [subsidized by undisclosed federal tax dollars].
Since Redding Rancheria and the Sycuan Band of the Kumayaay Nation near San Diego were two of the original tribal nations to help jumpstart the Beacon Economics study, each will be featured in a series of television advertisements produced for the gaming association, she said.
Ads featured in the 'Strengthening Our Fabric" campaign include shots of several Shasta County businesses and government service providers including brief vignettes with Anderson's new police chief, Michael Johnson, and members of the Happy Valley Fire Protection District, Orozco said.
Both agencies have both received grants from Redding Rancheria.
Anderson Police Department received $71,400 for an incident command SUV and a portable roadside messaging board from funds paid into the statewide Indian Gaming Fund to mitigate impacts caused by tribal gaming.
Local grant applications are then processed by Redding Rancheria's Local Community Benefit Committee and paid out through the State Special Distribution Fund, Orozco said.
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/aug/12/study-shows-indian-gaming-pumps-75-billion-into/
Commissioned by the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, the study by Beacon Economics, released on Wednesday, calculates 52,000 jobs were created and nearly $515 million in taxes and revenues generated by tribal casinos during 2010. Those studied included a cross-section of large and small casinos in urban and rural markets with a range of amenities such as hotels, restaurants, retail businesses and entertainment venues.
Of the 52,000 [LOW WAGE] jobs, 30,000 come from operations within the casinos. The study estimates tribal gaming creates an additional 22,000 jobs in the broader economy [This is a phony claim if they are NOT directly employed. How many local jobs were cannibalized? What other business justifies itself like this?], putting the industry on par with the state's non-residential construction industry, which accounts for about 53,000 jobs and the apparel manufacturing industry, with 56,500 jobs.
"California tribes made a promise to California voters. ... We would provide jobs for our people and our neighbors. We would be good neighbors sharing responsibility for services like fire and police and environmental protection as well as supporting nonprofits and public entities that contribute to the quality of life in our regions," said Daniel J. Tucker, chairman of the tribal association.
"This is our first report card and I am proud of it," Tucker said of the study.
The California data were compared with a 2010 study compiled by the National Indian Gaming Commission of 422 tribal government gaming operations throughout the United States that generated almost $30 billion in gaming revenues with California accounting for more than 26 percent, or $6.9 billion, of those revenues, Beacon Economic found.
Because the casinos are located on sovereign, federally recognized Indian reservations, the tribes do not have to pay income taxes on revenues derived from casino operations. Still, the Beacon Economics report says that Indian gaming activities generate about $465 million in tax revenues to the state through income and payroll taxes paid by employees and through sales and property taxes from off-reservation facilities.
More than 80 percent of casino employees are non-tribal members, according to the report, and earn an average salary of $33,400 [another phony claim! You can't accept 'averages' without producing an index of distribution and how many workers earn minumum wage] ,usually with benefits, more than double the average salary of California workers in the hospitality industry. Economists estimate the tribal gaming industry produces $1.4 billion in direct wages for its employees.
The study purportedly dispels several common misconceptions of tribal government gaming in regards to economic factors, said Chris Thornberg, a founding partner of Beacon Economics.
One misconception — that economic benefits come at the cost of higher crime and other harmful social consequences — was dispelled by a separate study published in the April 2000 edition of the Journal of Gambling Studies and conducted by Jonathan B. Taylor, Matthew B. Krepps and Patrick Wang, he said.
That study surveyed 100 communities across the United States, including 24 with a nearby non-Indian casino and 16 with tribal government gaming. The research concluded that instead of creating or increasing negative social impacts such as crime, the introduction of tribal government gaming served as a development tool benefiting the tribe and non-Indian neighbors because such casinos are traditionally located in rural, non-developed areas.
More horse manure! Patrons merely take the crime and 'social costs' back to their California communities.
A more recent (2009) study by the National Conference of State Legislatures was also cited: "In addition to relieving the state of its obligation to provide services to a particular group of state citizens that frequently may be 'hard-to-serve' because they reside on reservations in a remote, rural area, tribally administered programs also can benefit both (tribal and non-tribal) governments by meeting the specific needs of tribal citizens and using their particular cultural philosophies in the design of their programs."
In fact, many tribal governments with casinos provide public and social services on and off tribal land to members and non-members, the Beacon Economics study shows.
An example of that is Redding Rancheria, which employs more than 600 people and operates a large day-care and Head Start program, a regional nutrition program and recently expanded its health care and dental center, said Maria Orozco, public relations director for Redding Rancheria [subsidized by undisclosed federal tax dollars].
Since Redding Rancheria and the Sycuan Band of the Kumayaay Nation near San Diego were two of the original tribal nations to help jumpstart the Beacon Economics study, each will be featured in a series of television advertisements produced for the gaming association, she said.
Ads featured in the 'Strengthening Our Fabric" campaign include shots of several Shasta County businesses and government service providers including brief vignettes with Anderson's new police chief, Michael Johnson, and members of the Happy Valley Fire Protection District, Orozco said.
Both agencies have both received grants from Redding Rancheria.
Anderson Police Department received $71,400 for an incident command SUV and a portable roadside messaging board from funds paid into the statewide Indian Gaming Fund to mitigate impacts caused by tribal gaming.
Local grant applications are then processed by Redding Rancheria's Local Community Benefit Committee and paid out through the State Special Distribution Fund, Orozco said.
http://www.redding.com/news/2012/aug/12/study-shows-indian-gaming-pumps-75-billion-into/
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