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News Releases

September 14, 2005
Cleveland Business Leaders Approve Plan for Advancing Statewide Casino Legalization
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Full text of resolution
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August 24, 2005
Studies Show Potential Economic Impact, Social Costs of Legalized Casino Gaming in Ohio

(153K - PDF click here)

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Full Text of
Gaming Studies

State of Ohio
Gaming Market Assessment

(148  pp, 2Meg - PDF click here)

Appendix 1:

Local Product Substitution

(75K, Excel File) click here to launch or right-click to save

Appendix 2:

Jurisdiction Comparison

(275K, Excel File) click here to launch or right-click to save

Appendix 3:

Total Value-added Economic Impact of Casino Gaming in Ohio:
segmented by city/region and by construction (initial) and operations (continuing) benefits

NOTE: all files are Excel; left click to open, right clich to save

Cincinnati

Construction Benefits w/ racetracks

Operations Benefits w/ racetracks

Cleveland

Construction Benefits w/ racetracks

Operations Benefits w/ racetracks

Columbus

Construction Benefits w/ racetracks

Operations Benefits w/ racetracks

Dayton

Construction Benefits

Operations Benefits

South Point

Construction Benefits

Operations Benefits

Steubenville

Construction Benefits

Operations Benefits

Toledo

Construction Benefits w/ racetracks

Operations Benefits w/ racetracks

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Appendix 4:

Social Costs of
Casino Gaming for Ohio

Cleveland State Study, Aug 2005

(69 pp, 1.1M - PDF click here)

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Appendix 5:

Economic Impact Summary with tracks (LARGE FILE - 5.4M)
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Fiscal Tax Impact Summary with tracks (LARGE FILE - 6.4M)

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About the
Authors of the Studies

Jun Koo, Ph.D.

Cleveland State University

Abigail Horn, M.A.

Cleveland State University

Mark S. Rosentraub, Ph.D.

Cleveland State University

Patrick Bero

Strategic Partner
Management Consulting

GC Partnership

Tower City Center
50 Public Square, Suite 200
Cleveland, OH 44113-2291

Copyright 2005

Graphics

Chart -
Gaming on Ohio's borders

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Chart -
Potential Revenues

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Chart -
Problem Gambling Issues

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Chart -
Summary: Economic Impact

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