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Gamers in Dandenong are more likely than those
in other regions
to believe they may have a lucky win, and many
play for social reasons and for the thrill of
winning.
Our survey findings indicate that Dandenong
gamers go to gaming venues for a broad social
and entertainment experience, of which gaming is
one component. Dandenong gamers spend
less than half the time in gaming venues playing
pokies with the majority of gamers
choosing venues on the basis of entertainment
value, the social ambience and good meals
and restaurants. More gamers in the Dandenong
regions frequent venues because they are
easy to get to than in the other regions, with
respondents travelling on average 2km to get to
a venue (0.5km less than in the other regions).
The majority of Dandenong gamers arrive at
gaming venues between 4pm and 8pm.
kpmgConsulting Victorian Casino and Gaming
Authority
Report of the 1999 Longitudinal
Community Impact Study: Main Report
September 2000
29Most people do not associate Las Vegas, the
nation's capital of excess, with anything small.
Vegas is a metropolis where the massive Mirage
casino has to make $1 million per day just to
break even, the Strip houses nine of the largest
hotels in the world, and casino owners spend
millions of dollars to manufacture fake
volcanoes and other gargantuan amusements.
Yet even as Las Vegas has boomed-Vegas'
population grew by 66 percent between 1990 and
2000, the largest growth of any major U.S.
city-and the casino business has expanded, the
city has become an entrepreneurial town. In
fact, Las Vegas ranked second in the West in D&B
and Entrepreneur's 2002 "Best Cities for
Entrepreneurship."
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