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Furthermore, study reports by the National
Gambling Impact Study Commission suggested
that the incidence of problem gambling
doubles where gambling becomes convenient
to potential players. Using added capacity and
dividing the effects according to market shares
of the casinos, we find that added social costs
are major in Hudson, and also considerable in
Beloit, La Crosse, and Kenosha, while the factor
that the Outagamie casino is small and
already surrounded by other facilities negates
the social costs there. The small, local
(county)
population around Shullsburg also makes the
cost minimal there.
When the social costs are added to direct
costs, we find a range of impacts from a
positive
$38.7 million in Shullsburg, $2.2 million in
Outagamie, to a negative $64.7 million in
Beloit and a negative $222.2 million in the
Hudson region. The true impacts, however, are
approximately double these due to the multiplier
factors. Moneys that enter a community
may expect to circulate around two times
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TABLE III
Casino Profits Expenses+Profits Direct Net
Regional
(millions) Kept in Region Gain (+) or Loss (-)
(millions) (millions)
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