The Florida Legislature has commissioned a study by Spectrum Gaming Group on the effects of legalizing gambling, according to a report by WEAR ABC in Pensacola. The first report in the series is available today.
The Spectrum Gaming Group notes that the three-part study will focus on effects – economic and social costs.
“This report, the first in the series, is divided into two primary parts:
The first provides overviews of many aspects of gambling generally, both nationally and as they pertain to Florida (as relevant)…
…The second provides the economic impacts of Florida’s existing gambling industry as it stands now – including the Florida Lottery, the pari-mutuel industry including slot machines and cardrooms, and Indian casinos. We provide the key performance data by sector and, working in concert with project partner Regional Economic Models Inc. (“REMI”), we provide the economic and fiscal impacts of these gambling sectors.
The two additional reports will be delivered by Spectrum on or before October 1, 2013, are as follows: Part 1, Section
B: Assessment of potential changes and economic effects; and Part 2: Statistical relationships between gaming and economic variables for communities..”