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Study Disputes Presumed Casino Effects

MASSACHUSETTS – As reported by the Boston Herald: "This year's State House debate over casino gambling should avoid the usual wrangling over increased crime vs. cash windfalls for cities and towns because gaming results in neither, a new study says.

``'Employment, finances and crime are insufficient rationales for deciding whether to deny or allow casinos in Massachusetts,'' said Phineas Baxandall of the Rappaport Institute at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

"Rappaport researchers today will unveil the report debunking many of the long-held beliefs about gaming - both pro and con.

"….Cities and towns where casinos opened didn't see revenues or spending increase any greater than non-casino areas.

"…More overall crime befell areas with casinos, but only because population grew - the total crime rate declined…"

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