The Economic Impacts of Legalized Gambling Activities

Abstract

The fundamental question regarding legalized gambling activities is
\nwhether gambling activities help or hinder the economy. Gambling affects local,
\nstate, interstate, and national economies. This Article extrapolates downward
\nfrom national and interstate economic factors to the state economies and
\ndemonstrates how the strategic elements of gambling activities impact state and
\nlocal economies. Gambling organizations traditionally focus their attention on
\nlocal economies or specialized factors in those local economies or both. This
\nnarrow focus usually gives a distorted view of selected positives that the gambling
\nactivities allegedly bring to the local community.