As casino gambling operators lobby to build more casino locations in large cities like Chicago and Manhattan as well as rural communities across the US, we organized a national webinar panel on what you need to know about the real economic consequences that local casinos leave behind in their wake.
This webinar is for reporters, opinion leaders, public officials, and members of our national network to learn how local casinos affect regional economies, lower the standard of living for all citizens, including those who don’t gamble, and the urgency for Congress to act.
The webinar is titled “The Truth About the Economic Impact of Casinos.” The panel features Dr. Jonathan Krutz, emeritus professor of the College of Business and Economics at Boise State University, and Dr. Earl Grinols, and Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Baylor University. Brief background about each speaker is below.
Below is the link to watch the important event “The Truth About the Economic Impact of Casinos” that featured Dr. Jonathan Krutz, emeritus professor of the College of Business and Economics at Boise State University, and Dr. Earl Grinols, and Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Baylor University. Brief background about each speaker is below.
We strongly urge you to share the video on your email list and and your social media networks, inviting people to learn for themselves how serious the problem of predatory gambling has become. We also strongly encourage you to share the video with every local, state, and federal official in your region, along with members of the local and state media.
In addition to appearing above, the video is posted to our YouTube channel and can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYf_zLZmV6Q
About the Speakers:
Dr. Jonathan Krutz holds an MBA from the University of Iowa and a PhD in Public Policy and Administration from Boise State University, where he is an emeritus professor of the College of Business and Economics. He has studied gambling policy issues and provided expert testimony for policy makers for more than 25 years. Because of his concerns about the lack of accurate, fact-based information about the impacts of commercialized gambling, Dr. Krutz has volunteered as a member of the Stop Predatory Gambling Board of Directors since 2007. His most recent research is titled “Do Casinos Create Economic Development? A 15-Year National Analysis of Local Retail Sales and Employment Growth” and you can read it here.
Dr. Earl L Grinols, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Baylor University, holds an economics PhD from MIT and two undergraduate summa cum laude degrees in mathematics and economics. He has studied the impacts, both benefits and costs, of gambling since the early 1990s. His book, Gambling in America: Costs and Benefits through Cambridge University Press is available at Amazon.com. His most recent book, How We Flourish: The Surprising Path to a Just Prosperity is also available at Amazon.com.