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Journal article
Mississippi casinos and geographic concepts
Mississippi Journal for the Social Studies, Vol.8(1), pp.1-12
8
1997
Abstract
Casino gaming was legalized in Mississippi in 1990, and it has since become one of the state's largest industries (Meyer-Arendt, 1997c). Gross annual revenues of Mississippi casinos
exceeded $2 billion in 1996, making the state Number 3 in the USA after Nevada and New Jersey. The economic benefits have been great for the state as well as for counties and certain local communities, especially since mostly out-of-state money is being wagered. But increasingly negative impacts have been felt, notably in terms of social, quality-of-life, and environmental aspects. Much has been written about Mississippi's casino industry and ongoing studies are being conducted. It is not the intent of this article to present all the background information on casino development nor is it the intent to debate the pros and cons of gambling and its impacts. For better or for worse, casino gambling has become part of the geographic landscape in Mississippi. This article examines Mississippi casino gambling in terms of basic geographic concepts that are used in economic and urban geography.
Details
- Title
- Mississippi casinos and geographic concepts
- Publication Details
- Mississippi Journal for the Social Studies, Vol.8(1), pp.1-12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Series
- 8
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090638106600
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English