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It is likely that we would have found
that gaming contributed to
tourism in border areas such as Mildura when
poker machines were only available in NSW.
Indeed tourism operators in Mildura and gaming
venue operators across the border said that,
prior to 1992, Mildura had been an important
accommodation base for people gaming at clubs in
Wentworth, NSW.
In this regard, our findings mirror those of
another recent study commissioned by the
Authority,
“The Impact of the Expansion of Gaming on the
Tourism, Entertainment and Leisure Industries”
(VCGA 2000b). That study concluded that there
was no appreciable relationship between the
introduction of EGMs to hotels and clubs and
international and interstate tourism apart from
border destinations. However, the study found
that the introduction of EGMs to clubs and
hotels
in Victoria appeared to have contributed
moderately to a reduction in cross-border
leakage of
gaming revenue particularly from the NSW Murray
border clubs.
To summarise, our study has found:
people game locally;
gaming does not provide a substantial boost to
tourism;
most expenditure on gaming is spent in the
gamer’s local economy.
Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority
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