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Citizens Oppose Gambling in Erie CountyThe CACGEC Website, ErieCounty, NY: Home Page CITIZENS AGAINST CASINO GAMBLING IN ERIE COUNTY AboutCACGEC | CasinoHistory LAWSUITS | Editorials | CRIME WATCHOnline Petition | Interview BroadcastsContact UsSearch This Site Links | News...News | Calendar Fundraising | NCALG BulletinsAction Page | Arts & Lett. Next meeting: Tuesday, October 7, 7:00 pmUnity Church, 1243 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY(lower level—enter from rear of building)Op-ed by Hon. John J. LaFalce, former Member of Congress,on the implications for the local lawsuit of the recent defeat in Congress of a bill that wouldhave taken land into trust in Michigan for off-reservation casinosAudio clips and written summary of candidates’ statements at August 28, 2007 forum Experts Refute Claims of Seneca-Hired Casino BoosterEarl L. Grinols and Joel S. Rose, Another Voice, Buffalo News, 3/13/07 The Another Voice column that appeared in the Feb. 28 Buffalo News byJonathan Taylor, hired by the Seneca Gaming Corp. to produce an economicreport, misleads. Earl GrinolsTaylor claims that studies commissioned by the National Gambling ImpactStudy Commission "concluded that economic benefits greatly exceedcosts." In support of this claim, Taylor cites a study by Adam Rose.However, Rose says in his executive summary: "This assessment does notfactor in social costs of gambling, which are beyond the scope of thisstudy . . ." (Adam Rose and Associates, "The Regional Economic Impactsof Casino Gambling," prepared for the study commission, Nov. 5, 1998.)Taylor also cites a study by the National Opinion Research Council, acommercial group associated with the University of Chicago, and saysthat "the study found no discernible change in three measures ofbankruptcy, seven measures of crime or in infant mortality" and that"casino proximity correlated with economic health."In fact, the council found, in its own words, "The availability of acasino within 50 miles (versus 50 to 250 miles) is associated with aboutdouble the prevalence of problem and pathological gamblers" and that"pathological and problem gamblers are more likely than other gamblersor nongamblers to have been on welfare, declared bankruptcy, and to havebeen arrested or incarcerated." (Dean Gerstein, et al., "Gambling Impact and Behavior Study," report to the commission, April 1, 1999).Indeed, the commission itself was unwilling to conclude that thebenefits of gambling exceeded its costs. Instead, it concluded: "We have recommended a pause in the expansion of gambling in order to allow time for an assessment of the costs and benefits . . ."Since then, research has been completed in various locations, includingother countries. A summary of this work in "Gambling In America: Costsand Benefits" (by one of the authors of this piece, Earl L. Grinols,Cambridge University Press, 2004) concludes that the reverse is true:Social costs typically exceed benefits, 3-to- 1.Finally, Taylor claimed that polls have "consistently" shown a majorityof Erie County residents favor a downtown casino. This, too, is untrue.The results of the two media-sponsored polls are contradictory. The poll commissioned by the Seneca Gaming Corp. shows a majority in favor, but that was a transparent "push-poll."The only time the residents have had a good opportunity to expressthemselves -- at October's Common Council hearing on the proposed saleof Fulton Street -- 53 speakers spoke against the casino and the sale,and only five in favor. If nothing else, that is an indication ofintensity of feeling on the subject.Earl L. Grinols is distinguished professor of economics at BaylorUniversity and author of "Gambling In America: Costs and Benefits." Joel S. Rose is co-chairman of Citizens Against Casino Gambling in Erie County. Gambling Corporation Prefers Fiction Over Fact(Posted 2/27/07) The Taylor Policy Group, which writes promotional material for the gambling industry, released a "study" last week claiming that the Seneca casino operations have benefitted the Western New York economy. The Taylor report says that Seneca cigarette and gambling operations together had a $588 million impact on WNY GDP for 2005. George M. Palumbo, chairman of the economic and finance department at Canisius College, refuted this claim. In regard to gambling revenue, he pointed out that true economic impact would be money coming from outside the area. Palumbo noted that 86 percent of Seneca Niagara's gambling revenue comes from Western New York. The Taylor report, paid for by the Seneca Nation, is part of an ongoing public disinformation campaign waged by gambling interests. In 2005 , the Seneca Nation produced a report with similar specious claims. That report stated that Seneca casinos generated $100 million in revenue to New York State, and $72 million in payroll during 2004. Omitted was the fact that at the same time over $300 million in gambling losses came out of the pockets of local residents.In 2006, the Seneca Gambling Corporation commissioned a push-poll to produce a biased survey outcome on public attitudes toward a casino. It is not surprising that a recent audit by the State Comptroller has raised serious questions about the Seneca Gambling Corporation's business-reporting practices.Politicians and political hacks often become entwined in the propaganda game. In 2005, Charles Gargano, chairman of Empire State Development (and a casino promoter with a shady past), commissioned a "study" of the Seneca Niagara Casino's impact on the City of Niagara Falls. The research work was done "in partnership with Gaming & Resort and Development Inc." --- a propaganda arm of the gambling industry."Experts" can also be found and bought by casino interests. In 2005, Harvard University cast aside objectivity to carry out industry-funded "research" that delivered pro-casino results.The abuse of information media by misrepresentation and pseudo-research was explored here in an article entitled "Propaganda Masquerading as News". The casino interests can pay to plant distortions in the news. Fortunately, to tell the real casino story, we have a wealth of public testimony, as well as the scientific findings of professionals like Dr. John Kindt, of Illinois, Dr. Earl Grinols, of Texas, and |
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