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 $100,000 in sales, no business is going to absorb that loss without laying off employees. Should you have to sacrifice your job so someone else can get a job at a casino? Should your friends and neighbors have to sacrifice theirs?
On November 4th, Vote YES to Repeal the Casino Law.
Vote YES on 3
Vote YES to stop the Casino Mess
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NORFOLK COUNTY
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City or Town
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2010 Population
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Adult Population
|
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"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
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Avon
|
4,356
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3,177
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$ (613,225)
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Bellingham
|
16,332
|
11,912
|
$ (2,299,172)
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Braintree
|
35,744
|
26,071
|
$ (5,031,937)
|
|
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Brookline
|
58,732
|
42,838
|
$ (8,268,122)
|
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Canton
|
21,561
|
15,726
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$ (3,035,296)
|
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Cohasset
|
7,542
|
5,501
|
$ (1,061,741)
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Dedham
|
24,729
|
18,037
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$ (3,481,277)
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Dover
|
5,589
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4,077
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$ (786,803)
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Foxborough
|
16,865
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12,301
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$ (2,374,206)
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Franklin
|
31,635
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23,074
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$ (4,453,484)
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Holbrook
|
10,791
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7,871
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$ (1,519,126)
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Medfield
|
12,024
|
8,770
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$ (1,692,704)
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Medway
|
12,752
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9,301
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$ (1,795,190)
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Millis
|
7,891
|
5,756
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$ (1,110,872)
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Milton
|
27,003
|
19,696
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$ (3,801,405)
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Needham
|
28,886
|
21,069
|
$ (4,066,488)
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Norfolk
|
11,227
|
8,189
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$ (1,580,505)
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Norwood
|
28,602
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20,862
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$ (4,026,507)
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Plainville
|
8,264
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6,028
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$ (1,163,382)
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QUINCY
|
92,271
|
67,301
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$ (12,989,646)
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Randolph
|
32,112
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23,422
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$ (4,520,635)
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Sharon
|
17,612
|
12,846
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$ (2,479,367)
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Stoughton
|
26,962
|
19,666
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$ (3,795,633)
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Walpole
|
24,070
|
17,556
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$ (3,388,505)
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Wellesley
|
27,982
|
20,410
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$ (3,939,225)
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Westwood
|
14,618
|
10,662
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$ (2,057,880)
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Weymouth
|
53,743
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39,200
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$ (7,565,785)
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Wrentham
|
10,955
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7,990
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$ (1,542,213)
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TOTAL NORFOLK
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670,850
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489,310
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$ (94,440,332)
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BRISTOL COUNTY
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City or Town
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2010 Population
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Adult Population
|
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"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
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Acushnet
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10,303
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7,484
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$ (1,444,523)
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ATTLEBORO
|
43,593
|
31,667
|
$ (6,111,916)
|
|
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Berkley
|
6,411
|
4,657
|
$ (898,848)
|
|
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Dartmouth
|
34,032
|
24,721
|
$ (4,771,425)
|
|
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Dighton
|
7,086
|
5,147
|
$ (993,486)
|
|
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Easton
|
23,112
|
16,789
|
$ (3,240,397)
|
|
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Fairhaven
|
15,873
|
11,530
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$ (2,225,459)
|
|
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FALL RIVER
|
88,857
|
64,547
|
$ (12,458,114)
|
|
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Freetown
|
8,870
|
6,443
|
$ (1,243,610)
|
|
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Mansfield
|
23,184
|
16,841
|
$ (3,250,491)
|
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NEW BEDFORD
|
95,072
|
69,062
|
$ (13,329,482)
|
|
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North Attleborough
|
28,712
|
20,857
|
$ (4,025,540)
|
|
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Norton
|
19,031
|
13,824
|
$ (2,668,224)
|
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Raynham
|
13,383
|
9,722
|
$ (1,876,351)
|
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Rehoboth
|
11,608
|
8,432
|
$ (1,627,489)
|
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Seekonk
|
13,722
|
9,968
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$ (1,923,880)
|
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Somerset
|
18,165
|
13,195
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$ (2,546,807.1)
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Swansea
|
15,865
|
11,525
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$ (2,224,338)
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TAUNTON
|
55,874
|
40,588
|
$ (7,833,763)
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|
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Westport
|
15,532
|
11,283
|
$ (2,177,650)
|
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TOTAL BRISTOL
|
548,285
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398,285
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$ (76,871,794)
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PLYMOUTH COUNTY
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City or Town
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2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
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"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
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Abington
|
15,985
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11,454
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$ (2,210,629)
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Bridgewater
|
26,563
|
19,033
|
$ (3,673,502)
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|
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BROCKTON
|
93,810
|
67,217
|
$ (12,973,355)
|
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Carver
|
11,509
|
8,246
|
$ (1,591,625)
|
|
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Duxbury
|
15,059
|
10,790
|
$ (2,082,568)
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East Bridgewater
|
13,794
|
9,884
|
$ (1,907,627)
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Halifax
|
7,518
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5,387
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$ (1,039,694)
|
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Hanover
|
13,879
|
9,945
|
$ (1,919,382)
|
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Hanson
|
10,209
|
7,315
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$ (1,411,843)
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|
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Hingham
|
22,157
|
15,876
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$ (3,064,179)
|
|
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Hull
|
10,293
|
7,375
|
$ (1,423,460)
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Kingston
|
12,629
|
9,049
|
$ (1,746,514)
|
|
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Lakeville
|
10,602
|
7,597
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$ (1,466,192)
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|
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Marion
|
4,907
|
3,516
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$ (678,608)
|
|
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Marshfield
|
25,132
|
18,008
|
$ (3,475,603)
|
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Mattapoisett
|
6,045
|
4,331
|
$ (835,987)
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|
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Middleborough
|
23,116
|
16,563
|
$ (3,196,803)
|
|
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Norwell
|
10,506
|
7,528
|
$ (1,452,916)
|
|
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Pembroke
|
17,837
|
12,781
|
$ (2,466,749)
|
|
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Plymouth
|
56,468
|
40,461
|
$ (7,809,182)
|
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Plympton
|
2,820
|
2,021
|
$ (389,989)
|
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Rochester
|
5,232
|
3,749
|
$ (723,554)
|
|
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Rockland
|
17,489
|
12,531
|
$ (2,418,623)
|
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Scituate
|
18,133
|
12,993
|
$ (2,507,684)
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Wareham
|
21,822
|
15,636
|
$ (3,017,850)
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West Bridgewater
|
6,916
|
4,955
|
$ (956,441)
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Whitman
|
14,489
|
10,382
|
$ (2,003,741)
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TOTAL PLYMOUTH
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494,919
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354,621
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$ (68,444,300)
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BARNSTABLE COUNTY
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City or Town
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2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
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"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
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Barnstable
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45,193
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35,870
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$ (6,923,252)
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Bourne
|
19,754
|
15,679
|
$ (3,026,175)
|
|
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Brewster
|
9,820
|
7,794
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$ (1,504,355)
|
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Chatham
|
6,125
|
4,862
|
$ (938,307)
|
|
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Dennis
|
14,207
|
11,276
|
$ (2,176,413)
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Eastham
|
4,956
|
3,934
|
$ (759,225)
|
|
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Falmouth
|
31,531
|
25,027
|
$ (4,830,329)
|
|
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Harwich
|
12,243
|
9,717
|
$ (1,875,542)
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|
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Mashpee
|
14,006
|
11,117
|
$ (2,145,621)
|
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Orleans
|
5,890
|
4,675
|
$ (902,307)
|
|
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Provincetown
|
2,942
|
2,335
|
$ (450,694)
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|
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Sandwich
|
20,675
|
16,410
|
$ (3,167,266)
|
|
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Truro
|
2,003
|
1,590
|
$ (306,846)
|
|
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Wellfleet
|
2,750
|
2,183
|
$ (421,281)
|
|
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Yarmouth
|
23,793
|
18,885
|
$ (3,644,921)
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TOTAL BARNSTABLE
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215,888
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171,354
|
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$ (33,072,533)
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DUKES COUNTY
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City or Town
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2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
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"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
|
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Aquinnah
|
311
|
240
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$ (46,277)
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Chilmark
|
866
|
668
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$ (128,861)
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Edgartown
|
4,067
|
3,135
|
$ (605,168)
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Gosnold
|
75
|
58
|
$ (11,160)
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Oak Bluffs
|
4,527
|
3,490
|
$ (673,616)
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Tisbury
|
3,949
|
3,044
|
$ (587,610)
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West Tisbury
|
2,740
|
2,112
|
$ (407,711)
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TOTAL DUKES
|
16,535
|
12,748
|
|
$ (2,460,403)
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NANTUCKET COUNTY
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City or Town
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2010 Population
|
Adult Population
|
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"New" Gambling Spending
by Community
per Mass. Gaming Commission
Documentation
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Nantucket
|
10,172
|
7,639
|
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$ (1,474,415)
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Interpolation Factor
|
0.9896718
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TOTAL MASS
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6,547,629
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4,777,290
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$ (922,051,200)
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ADULTS PER CENSUS
|
4,827,146
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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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