Economic Impact
Gaming entertainment helps to generate gaming taxes and providing jobs to the public

Take United States as an example, the 445 casinos in 11 states generated nearly 29 billion dollars in gross revenues in 2004. Of that amount, nearly 4.7 billion dollars went toward gaming taxes paid to state and local governments.

As gaming entertainment is a labor-intensive business, providing more than 350,000 direct jobs paying more than 12 billion dollars in salaries, including benefits.

On the other hand, gaming industry like casino can help to attract tourists to the region. Such as those in Las Vegas, essentially export casino services to tourists, bringing in new dollars to the local economy. A dollar spent by a tourist in a destination casino may fund a local supplier providing food and beverages to the casino, which then spends that income on other goods and services in the local economy, thus multiplying the effect of the first dollar spent.

Social Impact

When people are gambling in casino, it will create a lot of problem in the society.

  • Crime
    when people get addiction to the gambling, this is very easy for them to do some illegal activities. The stress of gambling, financial pressures, the impact on the family, and work related problems can produce anxiety, depression, and cognitive distortions that impair an individual’s judgment. This impaired decision making can lead to illegal activity to finance an addiction gambling and meet other family and individual financial needs and responsibilities. The most common forms of crime are fraud, theft, forgery, and embezzlement.

                                                    Theft

Forgery

  • Unemployment and Loss of Productivity

    A gambling addiction may lead to a loss of work productivity. Employees who are   not reliable or regularly miss work likely have reduced work performance and can generate real economic costs to their employers through productivity losses. There is a potential risk their employers may hire them and increase the unemployment rate.

  • ILLNESS
    Gambling addictions have been linked to numerous illnesses including depression, antisocial personality disorder, phobias, chronic stress, gastrointestinal problems such as nausea, ulcers, and colitis, migraines, skin problems, allergies, oral dental disease, respiratory problems, cardiovascular problems, and cardiac arrest.

                                                         Depression

                                           Cardiovascular problems