Impact of casinos
...ntrol their behaviors and be responsible for it. It is not the gambling industry that leads people to gambling addition but the gamblers themselves. Second, the article asserts that introducing gambling business in a town causes more crimes than before it is introduced (white 1). This is an extremely natural phenomenon. What will happen if a huge hotel & casino resort opens up in a town? Hotel employees and travelers from out of town will come to the town, and they will increase the town’s population. If population increases, crime rate would increase too. Statistically, the more people live in a town, the more crimes are reported. Third, the article points out that people who go to casinos to gamble have high bankruptcy rate (white 1). However, the article does not come up with any survey or research result that shows that the reason of personnel bankruptcy is gambling in a casino. According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury investigation on this issue in 1999, it found “no connection between state bankruptcy rates and either the extent of or introduction of casino gambling” (Treasury 1999). This investigation shows that there should be some other reasons for personnel bankruptcy, such as unemployment or slow businesses. Fourth, the article mentions that existed businesses suffer from introducing casinos in town (white 1). A newly introduced hotel & casino resort should have fine restaurants that offer high quality of foods and services. Other than the restaurants, luxurious spa, clean and well designed pool, and many other facilities that bring people into the hotel would be equipped. The article asserts that these new facilities negatively affect existing local businesses. However, competition makes the operation more competitive and stronger, and the local businesses should try to overcome the crisis, then the crisis will turn out to be a success. In addition, as mentioned above, new gambling property brings many more people to the town. The people will impact more good than harm on those existed businesses. Fifth, the article claims that introducing gambling operation damages the quality of life in the community (w...