The following charts
present 'NEW' gambling losses per community. These amounts do
NOT include money that is already being gambled by residents in
Connecticut or Rhode Island. This is the amount of additional
money your neighbors will stop spending at nearby businesses, and
start spending at the casinos. All calculations are based
upon the Massachusetts Gaming Commission's own estimates. (see below for
methodology and reference notes).
The Two
Questions Casinos Don't Want You to Ask:
The casinos are
projected to siphon an additional $1 billion dollars out of the
Massachusetts economy every year. This
isn't money that is currently being gambled by residents. It's money that residents are currently
spending at nearby businesses. That
$1 billion dollars is the equivalent of an additional 1,000,000 Massachusetts
gamblers losing $1,000 a year to the new casinos. That's roughly 1 in 5 Massachusetts adults
who will stop spending that money elsewhere, and start spending it at the
casinos.
Now ask yourself these two questions:
1. Where is that $1 billion dollars a year being
spent now?
2. What happens to those businesses and their
employees, once it no longer is?
Whether it's a thousand
Massachusetts businesses each losing $1,000,000 in sales, or ten thousand Massachusetts businesses each losing $100,000 in sales, no business is going
to absorb that loss without laying off employees. Should you have to sacrifice your job
so someone else can get a job at a casino?
Should your friends and neighbors have to sacrifice theirs?
Is whatever you think might be gained from casinos,
On November 4th, Vote YES to Repeal the Casino Law.
Vote YES on 3
Vote YES to stop the Casino Mess
WORCESTER COUNTY
|
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City or Town
|
2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
|
Ashburnham
|
6,081
|
4,333
|
$ (836,319)
|
|
Athol
|
11,584
|
8,254
|
$ (1,593,146)
|
|
Auburn
|
16,188
|
11,535
|
$ (2,226,334)
|
|
Barre
|
5,398
|
3,846
|
$ (742,386)
|
|
Berlin
|
2,866
|
2,042
|
$ (394,161)
|
|
Blackstone
|
9,026
|
6,432
|
$ (1,241,345)
|
|
Bolton
|
4,897
|
3,489
|
$ (673,484)
|
|
Boylston
|
4,355
|
3,103
|
$ (598,943)
|
|
Brookfield
|
3,390
|
2,416
|
$ (466,226)
|
|
Charlton
|
12,981
|
9,250
|
$ (1,785,275)
|
|
Clinton
|
13,606
|
9,695
|
$ (1,871,232)
|
|
Douglas
|
8,471
|
6,036
|
$ (1,165,016)
|
|
Dudley
|
11,390
|
8,116
|
$ (1,566,465)
|
|
East Brookfield
|
2,183
|
1,556
|
$ (300,228)
|
|
FITCHBURG
|
40,318
|
28,729
|
$ (5,544,930)
|
|
GARDNER
|
20,228
|
14,414
|
$ (2,781,955)
|
|
Grafton
|
17,765
|
12,659
|
$ (2,443,218)
|
|
Hardwick
|
2,990
|
2,131
|
$ (411,214)
|
|
Harvard
|
6,520
|
4,646
|
$ (896,695)
|
|
Holden
|
17,346
|
12,360
|
$ (2,385,593)
|
|
Hopedale
|
5,911
|
4,212
|
$ (812,939)
|
|
Hubbardston
|
4,382
|
3,122
|
$ (602,656)
|
|
Lancaster
|
8,055
|
5,740
|
$ (1,107,803)
|
|
Leicester
|
10,970
|
7,817
|
$ (1,508,703)
|
|
LEOMINSTER
|
40,759
|
29,043
|
$ (5,605,581)
|
|
Lunenburg
|
10,086
|
7,187
|
$ (1,387,126)
|
|
Mendon
|
5,839
|
4,161
|
$ (803,037)
|
|
Milford
|
27,999
|
19,951
|
$ (3,850,699)
|
|
Millbury
|
13,261
|
9,449
|
$ (1,823,784)
|
|
Millville
|
3,190
|
2,273
|
$ (438,720)
|
|
New Braintree
|
999
|
712
|
$ (137,392)
|
|
North Brookfield
|
4,680
|
3,335
|
$ (643,640)
|
|
Northborough
|
14,155
|
10,086
|
$ (1,946,736)
|
|
Northbridge
|
15,707
|
11,192
|
$ (2,160,182)
|
|
Oakham
|
1,902
|
1,355
|
$ (261,582)
|
|
Oxford
|
13,709
|
9,769
|
$ (1,885,397)
|
|
Paxton
|
4,806
|
3,425
|
$ (660,969)
|
|
Petersham
|
1,234
|
879
|
$ (169,712)
|
|
Phillipston
|
1,682
|
1,199
|
$ (231,325)
|
|
Princeton
|
3,413
|
2,432
|
$ (469,390)
|
|
Royalston
|
1,258
|
896
|
$ (173,013)
|
|
Rutland
|
7,973
|
5,681
|
$ (1,096,526)
|
|
Shrewsbury
|
35,608
|
25,373
|
$ (4,897,164)
|
|
Southborough
|
9,767
|
6,960
|
$ (1,343,254)
|
|
Southbridge
|
16,719
|
11,913
|
$ (2,299,362)
|
|
Spencer
|
11,688
|
8,328
|
$ (1,607,449)
|
|
Sterling
|
7,808
|
5,564
|
$ (1,073,833)
|
|
Sturbridge
|
9,268
|
6,604
|
$ (1,274,627)
|
|
Sutton
|
8,963
|
6,387
|
$ (1,232,680)
|
|
Templeton
|
8,013
|
5,710
|
$ (1,102,027)
|
|
Upton
|
7,542
|
5,374
|
$ (1,037,250)
|
|
Uxbridge
|
13,457
|
9,589
|
$ (1,850,740)
|
|
Warren
|
5,135
|
3,659
|
$ (706,216)
|
|
Webster
|
16,767
|
11,948
|
$ (2,305,964)
|
|
West Boylston
|
7,669
|
5,465
|
$ (1,054,717)
|
|
West Brookfield
|
3,701
|
2,637
|
$ (508,998)
|
|
Westborough
|
18,272
|
13,020
|
$ (2,512,946)
|
|
Westminster
|
7,277
|
5,185
|
$ (1,000,805)
|
|
Winchendon
|
10,300
|
7,339
|
$ (1,416,558)
|
|
WORCESTER
|
181,045
|
129,006
|
$ (24,899,099)
|
|
TOTAL WORCESTER
|
798,552
|
569,019
|
$ (109,824,767)
|
|
ESSEX COUNTY
|
||||
City or Town
|
2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
|
Amesbury
|
16,283
|
11,748
|
$ (2,267,392)
|
|
Andover
|
33,201
|
23,954
|
$ (4,623,206)
|
|
BEVERLY
|
39,502
|
28,500
|
$ (5,500,614)
|
|
Boxford
|
7,965
|
5,747
|
$ (1,109,118)
|
|
Danvers
|
26,493
|
19,114
|
$ (3,689,124)
|
|
Essex
|
3,504
|
2,528
|
$ (487,929)
|
|
Georgetown
|
8,183
|
5,904
|
$ (1,139,475)
|
|
GLOUCESTER
|
28,789
|
20,770
|
$ (4,008,840)
|
|
Groveland
|
6,459
|
4,660
|
$ (899,409)
|
|
Hamilton
|
7,764
|
5,601
|
$ (1,081,129)
|
|
HAVERHILL
|
60,879
|
43,922
|
$ (8,477,341)
|
|
Ipswich
|
13,175
|
9,505
|
$ (1,834,606)
|
|
LAWRENCE
|
76,377
|
55,104
|
$ (10,635,422)
|
|
LYNN
|
90,329
|
65,170
|
$ (12,578,224)
|
|
Lynnfield
|
11,596
|
8,366
|
$ (1,614,732)
|
|
Manchester
|
5,136
|
3,705
|
$ (715,183)
|
|
Marblehead
|
19,808
|
14,291
|
$ (2,758,244)
|
|
Merrimac
|
6,338
|
4,573
|
$ (882,560)
|
|
Methuen
|
47,255
|
34,093
|
$ (6,580,212)
|
|
Middleton
|
8,987
|
6,484
|
$ (1,251,431)
|
|
Nahant
|
3,410
|
2,460
|
$ (474,839)
|
|
Newbury
|
6,666
|
4,809
|
$ (928,234)
|
|
NEWBURYPORT
|
17,416
|
12,565
|
$ (2,425,161)
|
|
North Andover
|
28,352
|
20,455
|
$ (3,947,988)
|
|
PEABODY
|
51,251
|
36,976
|
$ (7,136,651)
|
|
Rockport
|
6,952
|
5,016
|
$ (968,059)
|
|
Rowley
|
5,856
|
4,225
|
$ (815,442)
|
|
SALEM
|
41,340
|
29,826
|
$ (5,756,554)
|
|
Salisbury
|
8,283
|
5,976
|
$ (1,153,400)
|
|
Saugus
|
26,628
|
19,211
|
$ (3,707,923)
|
|
Swampscott
|
13,787
|
9,947
|
$ (1,919,826)
|
|
Topsfield
|
6,085
|
4,390
|
$ (847,330)
|
|
Wenham
|
4,875
|
3,517
|
$ (678,839)
|
|
West Newbury
|
4,235
|
3,055
|
$ (589,720)
|
|
TOTAL ESSEX
|
743,159
|
536,167
|
$ (103,484,156)
|
|
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
|
||||
City or Town
|
2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
|
Acton
|
21,924
|
16,230
|
$ (3,132,463)
|
|
Arlington
|
42,844
|
31,716
|
$ (6,121,477)
|
|
Ashby
|
3,074
|
2,276
|
$ (439,208)
|
|
Ashland
|
16,593
|
12,283
|
$ (2,370,779)
|
|
Ayer
|
7,427
|
5,498
|
$ (1,061,157)
|
|
Bedford
|
13,320
|
9,860
|
$ (1,903,139)
|
|
Belmont
|
24,729
|
18,306
|
$ (3,533,237)
|
|
Billerica
|
40,243
|
29,791
|
$ (5,749,850)
|
|
Boxborough
|
4,996
|
3,698
|
$ (713,820)
|
|
Burlington
|
24,498
|
18,135
|
$ (3,500,232)
|
|
CAMBRIDGE
|
105,162
|
77,849
|
$ (15,025,365)
|
|
Carlisle
|
4,852
|
3,592
|
$ (693,245)
|
|
Chelmsford
|
33,802
|
25,023
|
$ (4,829,571)
|
|
Concord
|
17,668
|
13,079
|
$ (2,524,373)
|
|
Dracut
|
29,457
|
21,806
|
$ (4,208,765)
|
|
Dunstable
|
3,179
|
2,353
|
$ (454,210)
|
|
EVERETT
|
41,667
|
30,845
|
$ (5,953,309)
|
|
Framingham
|
68,318
|
50,574
|
$ (9,761,158)
|
|
Groton
|
10,646
|
7,881
|
$ (1,521,082)
|
|
Holliston
|
13,547
|
10,028
|
$ (1,935,572)
|
|
Hopkinton
|
14,925
|
11,049
|
$ (2,132,458)
|
|
Hudson
|
19,063
|
14,112
|
$ (2,723,689)
|
|
Lexington
|
31,394
|
23,240
|
$ (4,485,520)
|
|
Lincoln
|
6,362
|
4,710
|
$ (908,992)
|
|
Littleton
|
8,924
|
6,606
|
$ (1,275,046)
|
|
LOWELL
|
106,519
|
78,853
|
$ (15,219,251)
|
|
MALDEN
|
59,450
|
44,009
|
$ (8,494,113)
|
|
MARLBOROUGH
|
38,499
|
28,500
|
$ (5,500,671)
|
|
Maynard
|
10,106
|
7,481
|
$ (1,443,928)
|
|
MEDFORD
|
56,173
|
41,583
|
$ (8,025,901)
|
|
MELROSE
|
26,983
|
19,975
|
$ (3,855,284)
|
|
Natick
|
33,006
|
24,434
|
$ (4,715,840)
|
|
NEWTON
|
85,146
|
63,031
|
$ (12,165,513)
|
|
North Reading
|
14,892
|
11,024
|
$ (2,127,743)
|
|
Pepperell
|
11,497
|
8,511
|
$ (1,642,671)
|
|
Reading
|
24,747
|
18,320
|
$ (3,535,809)
|
|
Sherborn
|
4,119
|
3,049
|
$ (588,516)
|
|
Shirley
|
7,211
|
5,338
|
$ (1,030,295)
|
|
SOMERVILLE
|
75,754
|
56,079
|
$ (10,823,601)
|
|
Stoneham
|
21,437
|
15,869
|
$ (3,062,882)
|
|
Stow
|
6,590
|
4,878
|
$ (941,568)
|
|
Sudbury
|
17,659
|
13,073
|
$ (2,523,087)
|
|
Tewksbury
|
28,961
|
21,439
|
$ (4,137,898)
|
|
Townsend
|
8,926
|
6,608
|
$ (1,275,331)
|
|
Tyngsborough
|
11,292
|
8,359
|
$ (1,613,381)
|
|
Wakefield
|
24,932
|
18,457
|
$ (3,562,241)
|
|
WALTHAM
|
60,632
|
44,884
|
$ (8,662,995)
|
|
Watertown
|
31,915
|
23,626
|
$ (4,559,960)
|
|
Wayland
|
12,994
|
9,619
|
$ (1,856,560)
|
|
Westford
|
21,951
|
16,250
|
$ (3,136,321)
|
|
Weston
|
11,261
|
8,336
|
$ (1,608,952)
|
|
Wilmington
|
22,325
|
16,527
|
$ (3,189,757)
|
|
Winchester
|
21,374
|
15,823
|
$ (3,053,880)
|
|
WOBURN
|
38,120
|
28,219
|
$ (5,446,520)
|
|
TOTAL MIDDLESEX
|
1,503,085
|
1,112,696
|
$ (214,758,188)
|
|
SUFFOLK COUNTY
|
||||
City or Town
|
2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
|
BOSTON
|
617,594
|
458,412
|
$ (88,476,702)
|
|
CHELSEA
|
35,177
|
26,110
|
$ (5,039,468)
|
|
REVERE
|
51,755
|
38,415
|
$ (7,414,437)
|
|
Winthrop
|
17,497
|
12,987
|
$ (2,506,625)
|
|
TOTAL SUFFOLK
|
722,023
|
535,924
|
$ (103,437,231)
|
|
METHODOLOGY
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Population from 2010 US Census Data - most current available data for all
MA 351 cities and towns
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Adult Population from US Census distributed to cities and towns per MA County
adult population estimates, adjusted by 0.9896178 to reconcile with
|
||||||||||||||||||||
adult population estimate in Mass Gaming Commission HLT Advisory market
report (which is 49,885 lower than US Census County estimates)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Adult Gambling Population = from Mass Gaming
Commission HLT Advisory report
|
||||||||||||||||||||
"Recaptured" MA Gambling Losses
(GGR) = $484,934,010 from Mass Gaming
Commission HLT Advisory Estimate of Current MA Resident gambling
|
||||||||||||||||||||
in
CT and RI casinos [~$750,000,000] minus estimated amount of MA residents gambling
spending that will be retained by RI [$112,297,141] and
|
||||||||||||||||||||
CT
[$152,768,549] per HLT Advisory "High" Estimate
|
||||||||||||||||||||
"New" MA Gambling GGR (Customer
Losses) = $922,051,200 from Mass Gaming
Commission HLT Advisory MA Market Estimate of Total MA resident
|
||||||||||||||||||||
gambling spending (GGR) per "High" Estimate ($350/adult)
[$1,406,985,510], reduced by amount of MA resident Gambling GGR now spent in
|
||||||||||||||||||||
RI
and CT that will be recaptured as
calculated above [$484,933,010]
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Estimated Problem Gamblers = 2.6% of
population per Western Massachusetts
Casino Health Impact Assessment Report (Jan. 2014)
|
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SOURCES
|
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Massachusetts and US
Census
|
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MGC/HLT Advisory Market
Assessment: Category 1 Casinos, pp.10-26; Appendix C, p.25 (presented MGC Meeting
Sept 8, 2014)
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Problem Gamblers
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Partners for a Healther Community, Inc,
"Western Massachusetts Casino Health Impact Assessment Report (January
2014)
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Employment & Wage
Data
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