e Economic Winners and Losers of Legalized Gambling

Steve Holt

"The weight of the empirical evidence suggests that casinos do in fact impose negative social costs on surrounding communities, most notably, an increased prevalence of property and violent crime."

Source: "The Economic Winners and Losers of Legalized Gambling," Melissa Kearney, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005.

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