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<title>Don't Get Scrod by Casinos In Massachusetts</title>
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<h1>Don't Get Scrod</h1>
<h2>By Casinos In Massachusetts</h2>
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<h3>Reduced aid to cities & towns by $90 million</h3>
<p>According to a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce report commissioned in March 2008, if the lottery takes a 10% hit from the introduction of casinos and slots, as it is expected to do, state lottery transferred as state aid to towns and cities will be reduced by about $90 million.</p>
<div class="source"><a href="https://bostonchamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Chamber-Gaming-Report.pdf">Casino Gaming in Massachusetts: An Economic, Fiscal, & Social Analysis</a>, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, March 2008</div>
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<h3>Casino tax revenue means personal gambling losses</h3>
<p>40,000 people would have to lose $234 every day of the year for the state to collect its expected $200 million in tax revenue.</p>
<div class="source">2007 analysis of average daily profits at Foxwoods</div>
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<h3>More money spent in casinos means less money spent in local businesses</h3>
<p>A study on the costs and benefits of casinos found that for every $1000 in increased casino revenue, businesses up to 30 miles away lost $243.</p>
<div class="source">Grinols, Earl L. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gambling-America-Benefits-Earl-Grinols/dp/0521830133">Gambling in America Costs & Benefits.</a> Cambridge University Press, 2004. Page 77.</div>
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<h3>Social services for problem gamblers could cost up to $750 million each year</h3>
<p>Problem gamblers are expensive. Based on data from California and Indiana, the average cost of mental health and substance abuse services for each problem gambler is $2,500 per year, and Massachusetts can expect a 50% increase in the number of problem gamblers (to 300,000) with casinos.</p>
<div class="source"><a href="http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ngisc/reports/fullrpt.html">National Gambling Impact Study Commission</a>, 1999.</div>
<div class="source">Simmons, Charlene Wear, Ph.D, <a href="https://www.library.ca.gov/crb/06/04/06-004.pdf">Gambling in the Golden State 1998 Forward</a>, California Research Bureau, May 2006.</div>
<div class="source">Spectrum Gaming Group, <a href="http://www.mass.gov/hed/docs/eohed/ma-gaming-analysis-final.pdf">Comprehensive Analysis: Projecting and Preparing for Potential Impact of Expanded Gaming on Commonwealth of Massachusetts</a>, 2008. Page 27.</div>
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<h3>Crime goes up 8%–10% with casinos</h3>
<p>Crime — including embezzlement, robbery, DUIs, aggravated assault, and domestic violence — increases 8–10% right after a casino is built, and continues to increase after that. Local police departments have to pick up the tab.</p>
<div class="source">Grinols, Earl L., Mustard, David B. and Dilley, Cynthia Hunt, <a href="http://www.maine.com/editions/2006-05-15/images/20060531000107C.pdf">Casinos, Crime and Community Costs.</a> June 2000.</div>
<div class="source">Baxandall, Phineas and Bruce Sacerdote. <a href="http://www.hks.harvard.edu/var/ezp_site/storage/fckeditor/file/pdfs/centers-programs/centers/rappaport/policybriefs/betting_final.pdf">Betting on the Future: The Economic Impact of Legalized Gambling.</a> Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Dartmouth College. Policy Briefs, January 13, 2005</div>
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<h3>Not in my backyard.</h3>
<p>Governor Patrick, Speaker of the House DeLeo, Senate President Murray, and Attorney General Coakley have all said they wouldn't want a casino in their hometowns.</p>
<p>Even Steve Crosby, chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, says he wouldn't want a casino "too close" to his hometown due to "property values."</p>
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<div class="source"><a href="http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_24644606/like-patrick-and-deleo-murray-would-not-want">Like Patrick and DeLeo, Murray would not want hometown casino</a>. Lowell Sun. December 3, 2013.</div>
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<h3>Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun have laid off hundreds of employees in the last two years</h3>
<p>Casino revenue is not stable. A recent report by the Rockefeller Institute concluded that casinos have contributed to states' fiscal meltdowns, not helped them.</p>
<div class="source"><a href="http://www.theday.com/article/20140514/BIZ02/140519883/Layoffs-likely-as-Foxwoods-cuts-hours-at-Rainmaker-casino-area">Layoffs likely as Foxwoods cuts hours at Rainmaker casino area</a>. <em>The Day</em>. May 14, 2014.</div>
<div class="source"><a href="http://articles.courant.com/2012-09-27/business/hc-mohegan-sun-announces-more-than-300-layoffs-replacement-of-ceo-the-day-20120927_1_top-casino-mitchell-etess-jeffrey-hartmann">Mohegan Sun Laying Off More Than 300 Workers; CEO Replaced</a>. <em>Hartford Courant</em>. September 27, 2012.</div>
<div class="source">Dadayan, Lucy and Robert B. Ward. <a href="http://www.rockinst.org/pdf/government_finance/2009-09-21-No_More_Jackpot.pdf">For the First Time, a Smaller Jackpot. Trends in State Revenues from Gambling</a>. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. September 21, 2009.</div>
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<h3>Casino licensing fees are one-time payments</h3>
<p>The short-term value of licensing fees are quickly overwhelmed by the increased annual costs for oversight, public safety, and public health.</p>
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<h3>"Lost revenue" to Connecticut casinos is a myth</h3>
<p>Casinos in Massachusetts would cause annual losses to our state lottery revenue of $90 million, nearly the same amount that we currently "lose" to Connecticut casinos: it's a wash.</p>
<div class="source">Barrow, Clyde. <a href="http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/38860">New England Casino Gaming Update 2009</a>. Page viii.</div>
<div class="source"><a href="https://bostonchamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Chamber-Gaming-Report.pdf">Casino Gaming in Massachusetts: An Economic, Fiscal, & Social Analysis</a>, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, March 2008</div>
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<h3>Hundreds of new government employees will be necessary to regulate casinos</h3>
<p>The Attorney General estimates Massachusetts will need new regulatory boards, auditors, inspectors, and investigators. For perspective, half of New Jersey's Attorney General's office—500 employees out of 1,000—are devoted solely to gaming enforcement.</p>
<div class="source"><a href="http://www.mass.gov/ago/docs/testimonies/testimony-senate-hearing-gambling-062909.pdf">Testimony of Attorney General Martha Coakley</a>, Senate Informational Hearing on Gaming, June 29 2009.</div>
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<h3>Casino jobs are among America's worst paying</h3>
<p>The temporary increase in construction jobs to build casinos will lead to mostly low-paying casino jobs. Card dealers earn on average $15,810 per year. A family of two with that income is eligible for Food Stamps, WIC, Fuel Assistance, Utility Shutoff Protection, MassHealth, Section 8, Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, Public Housing, and the Earned Income Credit—all at a cost to taxpayers.</p>
<div class="source">US Department of Labor. <a href="http://www.bls.gov/oes/2008/may/naics5_721120.htm">May 2008 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates</a></div>
<div class="source">Kneale, Klause. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/04/america-worst-paying-leadership-careers-jobs-slide.html">America's Best and Worst Paying Jobs</a>. Forbes. May 4, 2009.</div>
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On Tuesday, November 4, vote Yes on <a href="http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ele14/pip143.htm">Question 3</a> to prohibit casinos, slot machines, and greyhound betting in Massachusetts.
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