The Two Questions Casinos Don't Want You to Ask:
The casinos are projected to siphon nearly 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?
On November 4th, Vote YES to Repeal the Casino Law.
Vote YES on 3
Vote YES to stop the Casino Mess
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
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City or Town
|
2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
"New" Gambling
Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
||||||||||||
Adams
|
8,485
|
6,354
|
$ (1,226,296)
|
||||||||||||
Alford
|
494
|
370
|
$ (71,395)
|
||||||||||||
Becket
|
1,779
|
1,332
|
$ (257,110)
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Cheshire
|
3,235
|
2,422
|
$ (467,539)
|
||||||||||||
Clarksburg
|
1,702
|
1,274
|
$ (245,982)
|
||||||||||||
Dalton
|
6,756
|
5,059
|
$ (976,412)
|
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Egremont
|
1,225
|
917
|
$ (177,043)
|
||||||||||||
Florida
|
752
|
563
|
$ (108,683)
|
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Great Barrington
|
7,104
|
5,320
|
$ (1,026,706)
|
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Hancock
|
717
|
537
|
$ (103,625)
|
||||||||||||
Hinsdale
|
2,032
|
1,522
|
$ (293,675)
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Lanesborough
|
3,091
|
2,315
|
$ (446,727)
|
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Lee
|
5,943
|
4,450
|
$ (858,913)
|
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Lenox
|
5,025
|
3,763
|
$ (726,239)
|
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Monterey
|
961
|
720
|
$ (138,889)
|
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Mount Washington
|
167
|
125
|
$ (24,136)
|
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New Ashford
|
228
|
171
|
$ (32,952)
|
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New Marlborough
|
1,509
|
1,130
|
$ (218,088)
|
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NORTH ADAMS
|
13,708
|
10,265
|
$ (1,981,150)
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Otis
|
1,612
|
1,207
|
$ (232,974)
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Peru
|
847
|
634
|
$ (122,413)
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PITTSFIELD
|
44,737
|
33,499
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$ (6,465,620)
|
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Richmond
|
1,475
|
1,104
|
$ (213,175)
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Sandisfield
|
915
|
685
|
$ (132,240)
|
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Savoy
|
692
|
518
|
$ (100,011)
|
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Sheffield
|
3,257
|
2,439
|
$ (470,718)
|
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Stockbridge
|
1,947
|
1,458
|
$ (281,390)
|
||||||||||||
Tyringham
|
327
|
245
|
$ (47,260)
|
||||||||||||
Washington
|
538
|
403
|
$ (77,755)
|
||||||||||||
West Stockbridge
|
1,306
|
978
|
$ (188,750)
|
||||||||||||
Williamstown
|
7,754
|
5,806
|
$ (1,120,648)
|
||||||||||||
Windsor
|
899
|
673
|
$ (129,928)
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL BERKSHIRE
|
131,219
|
98,258
|
$ (18,964,442)
|
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FRANKLIN COUNTY
|
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City or Town
|
2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
||||||||||||
Ashfield
|
1,737
|
1,324
|
$ (255,479)
|
||||||||||||
Bernardston
|
2,129
|
1,622
|
$ (313,135)
|
||||||||||||
Buckland
|
1,902
|
1,449
|
$ (279,747)
|
||||||||||||
Charlemont
|
1,266
|
965
|
$ (186,204)
|
||||||||||||
Colrain
|
1,671
|
1,273
|
$ (245,772)
|
||||||||||||
Conway
|
1,897
|
1,446
|
$ (279,012)
|
||||||||||||
Deerfield
|
5,125
|
3,905
|
$ (753,788)
|
||||||||||||
Erving
|
1,800
|
1,372
|
$ (264,745)
|
||||||||||||
Gill
|
1,500
|
1,143
|
$ (220,621)
|
||||||||||||
Greenfield
|
17,456
|
13,302
|
$ (2,567,439)
|
||||||||||||
Hawley
|
337
|
257
|
$ (49,566)
|
||||||||||||
Heath
|
706
|
538
|
$ (103,839)
|
||||||||||||
Leverett
|
1,851
|
1,411
|
$ (272,246)
|
||||||||||||
Leyden
|
711
|
542
|
$ (104,574)
|
||||||||||||
Monroe
|
121
|
92
|
$ (17,797)
|
||||||||||||
Montague
|
8,437
|
6,429
|
$ (1,240,919)
|
||||||||||||
New Salem
|
990
|
754
|
$ (145,610)
|
||||||||||||
Northfield
|
3,032
|
2,311
|
$ (445,948)
|
||||||||||||
Orange
|
7,839
|
5,974
|
$ (1,152,965)
|
||||||||||||
Rowe
|
393
|
299
|
$ (57,803)
|
||||||||||||
Shelburne
|
1,893
|
1,443
|
$ (278,424)
|
||||||||||||
Shutesbury
|
1,771
|
1,350
|
$ (260,480)
|
||||||||||||
Sunderland
|
3,684
|
2,807
|
$ (541,845)
|
||||||||||||
Warwick
|
780
|
594
|
$ (114,723)
|
||||||||||||
Wendell
|
848
|
646
|
$ (124,724)
|
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Whately
|
1,496
|
1,140
|
$ (220,033)
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL FRANKLIN
|
71,372
|
54,389
|
$ (10,497,435)
|
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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
|
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City or Town
|
2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
||||||||||||
Amherst
|
37,819
|
26,275
|
$ (5,071,212)
|
||||||||||||
Belchertown
|
14,649
|
10,177
|
$ (1,964,308)
|
||||||||||||
Chesterfield
|
1,222
|
849
|
$ (163,860)
|
||||||||||||
Cummington
|
872
|
606
|
$ (116,928)
|
||||||||||||
Easthampton
|
16,053
|
11,153
|
$ (2,152,573)
|
||||||||||||
Goshen
|
1,054
|
732
|
$ (141,333)
|
||||||||||||
Granby
|
6,240
|
4,335
|
$ (836,732)
|
||||||||||||
Hadley
|
5,250
|
3,647
|
$ (703,981)
|
||||||||||||
Hatfield
|
3,279
|
2,278
|
$ (439,686)
|
||||||||||||
Huntington
|
2,180
|
1,515
|
$ (292,320)
|
||||||||||||
Middlefield
|
521
|
362
|
$ (69,862)
|
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NORTHAMPTON
|
28,549
|
19,834
|
$ (3,828,182)
|
||||||||||||
Pelham
|
1,321
|
918
|
$ (177,135)
|
||||||||||||
Plainfield
|
648
|
450
|
$ (86,891)
|
||||||||||||
South Hadley
|
17,514
|
12,168
|
$ (2,348,481)
|
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Southampton
|
5,792
|
4,024
|
$ (776,659)
|
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Ware
|
9,872
|
6,859
|
$ (1,323,753)
|
||||||||||||
Westhampton
|
1,607
|
1,116
|
$ (215,485)
|
||||||||||||
Williamsburg
|
2,482
|
1,724
|
$ (332,815)
|
||||||||||||
Worthington
|
1,156
|
803
|
$ (155,010)
|
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TOTAL HAMPSHIRE
|
158,080
|
109,826
|
$ (21,197,207)
|
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HAMPDEN COUNTY
|
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City or Town
|
2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
||||||||||||
Agawam
|
28,438
|
20,067
|
$ (3,873,051)
|
||||||||||||
Blandford
|
1,233
|
870
|
$ (167,926)
|
||||||||||||
Brimfield
|
3,609
|
2,547
|
$ (491,520)
|
||||||||||||
Chester
|
1,337
|
943
|
$ (182,090)
|
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CHICOPEE
|
55,298
|
39,020
|
$ (7,531,189)
|
||||||||||||
East Longmeadow
|
15,720
|
11,093
|
$ (2,140,951)
|
||||||||||||
Granville
|
1,566
|
1,105
|
$ (213,278)
|
||||||||||||
Hampden
|
5,139
|
3,626
|
$ (699,895)
|
||||||||||||
Holland
|
2,481
|
1,751
|
$ (337,894)
|
||||||||||||
HOLYOKE
|
39,880
|
28,141
|
$ (5,431,369)
|
||||||||||||
Longmeadow
|
15,784
|
11,138
|
$ (2,149,667)
|
||||||||||||
Ludlow
|
21,103
|
14,891
|
$ (2,874,076)
|
||||||||||||
Monson
|
8,560
|
6,040
|
$ (1,165,810)
|
||||||||||||
Montgomery
|
838
|
591
|
$ (114,130)
|
||||||||||||
Palmer
|
12,140
|
8,566
|
$ (1,653,380)
|
||||||||||||
Russell
|
1,775
|
1,253
|
$ (241,742)
|
||||||||||||
Southwick
|
9,502
|
6,705
|
$ (1,294,104)
|
||||||||||||
SPRINGFIELD
|
153,060
|
108,005
|
$ (20,845,669)
|
||||||||||||
Tolland
|
485
|
342
|
$ (66,054)
|
||||||||||||
Wales
|
1,838
|
1,297
|
$ (250,322)
|
||||||||||||
West Springfield
|
28,391
|
20,034
|
$ (3,866,650)
|
||||||||||||
WESTFIELD
|
41,094
|
28,997
|
$ (5,596,707)
|
||||||||||||
Wilbraham
|
14,219
|
10,033
|
$ (1,936,525)
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL HAMPDEN
|
463,490
|
327,055
|
$ (63,123,997)
|
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METHODOLOGY
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Population from 2010 US Census Data - most current available data for all
MA 351 cities and towns
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Adult Population from US Census distributed to cities and towns per MA County
adult population estimates, adjusted by 0.9896178 to reconcile with
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adult population estimate in Mass Gaming Commission HLT Advisory
market report (which is 49,885 lower than US Census County estimates)
|
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Adult Gambling Population = from Mass Gaming
Commission HLT Advisory report
|
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"Recaptured" MA Gambling Losses
(GGR) = $484,934,010 from Mass Gaming
Commission HLT Advisory Estimate of Current MA Resident gambling
|
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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
|
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CT
[$152,768,549] per HLT Advisory "High" Estimate
|
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"New" MA Gambling GGR (Customer
Losses) = $922,051,200 from Mass Gaming
Commission HLT Advisory MA Market Estimate of Total MA resident
|
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gambling spending (GGR) per "High" Estimate ($350/adult)
[$1,406,985,510], reduced by amount of MA resident Gambling GGR now spent in
|
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RI
and CT that will be recaptured as
calculated above [$484,933,010]
|
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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
|
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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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