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Massachusetts Casino Trends Survey Reveals Some Shocks

A survey of more than 3,000 brand New England residents conducted this week by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Center for Policy Analysis reveals some facts that are interesting Massachusetts’ casino-goer trends, and perhaps those of the country as a whole.

Those surveyed spanned five New England states, minus Vermont, and are not exclusively casino-goers. Of those surveyed, however, more than half, 52 %, engaged in some type of gambling, be it casino, lotto tickets, or betting on sports.

Not Totally All Gamblers

The absolute most result that is interesting of survey is of these who visited an area casino, nearly 20 % did maybe not gamble at all, and were presumably drawn solely by the shopping or dining offered by the casino. That is an increase that is sharp simply six years ago whenever a comparable survey found that just 7 percent of casino visitors did not gamble.

No doubt a by-product of the struggling U.S. economy among other findings, it was discovered that casino-goers are spending less money on average, and travelling less to reach their gaming destination.

‘Convenience gamblers don’t care about bells and whistles, they want to play slots and they would like to do it close to home,’ said Clyde Barrow, executive director for the UMass center, who is been overseeing the annual study on area gambling habits for six years.

That statistic is further exemplified by the fact that only 7 per cent of those (more…)