Socioeconomic Benefits of

Legalized Gambling in Utah

By: Wendy Turgeon, Chase Hebert,

Morgan Wyatt and K.C Huffman.

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Thesis
What are the benefits to having Gambling
Legalized in Utah?
Throughout this presentation we will
presents that changes likely to occur if it
were to happen.

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Main Objectives
History of the Lottery

Concerns of Crime

Education

Economy of Utah

Wendy
Chase
Morgan
K.C.

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History
Early as 1600s

English
Puritan

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History
13 Original Colonies

Civic Responsibility
Revenue

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History
First Government Sponsored

Joint Lottery
Powerball Mega Millions

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History
Lottery States
Non-Lottery States
Regulating

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Concerns of Crime
Issues in Assessing Crime

Reduction in Crime
Production in Crime

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Concerns of Crime
Issues in Assessing Crime

Agenda Driven

Major Lobbying
Rapid Growth in Industry

Analysis without real crime rate

$40B in externality Costs (in the form of Crime)

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Concerns of Crime
Reduction -

Wages of low-skill workers

Development of Bad areas

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Concerns of Crime
Increase +

Criminality of Visitors

Attracting Bad Clients

Pathological Gamblers

Increased Payoff for Crime

Casino Changes to Populace

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Concerns of Crime

Concerns of Crime

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Conclusion: It Does Increase

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1991

1992

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Noncasino Counties (Ommitting Fl)

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Casino Counties (Ommiting FL)

1996

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Education
Does the lottery help fund state education
budgets?
Where does the money go to?

If Utah opened a lottery, would it be

beneficial to the education system?

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Education
Each year billions of dollars are put
towards the state education budget,
among other things.
So if so much money goes to the
education budget each year, why are our
schools still needing to host fundraisers to
keep them running throughout the year?

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Education

So where exactly does the Money go?

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Education
The money given to the education system
is not additional to our already existing
education budget.

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Education
In conclusion, the lottery would
greatly benefit the education
system, IF the money was
used correctly.

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Economy of Utah
What weve been Missing

The Growth of Utah

Money Back to Utah

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Economy of Utah
What its been Missing

$766+ Million

$43,000+
Thousands of Jobs

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Economy of Utah
The Growth of Utah

3.6% (As of 12/2014)

5.5% (As of 12/2014)

2nd fastest growth

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Economy of Utah
Money back to the State
State
New Mexico
Idaho
Arizona
Colorado

Money
$41,390
$48,177
$176,703
$138,813

Utah would Benefit

History of the Lottery

Concerns of Crime
Education

Economy of Utah

Conclusion
With all the information we've shared we
feel bringing the lottery to Utah would
have a huge impact on our economy by
helping local schools, roads and law
enforcement

Thank You For Listening!

Presented By:
Wendy Turgeon

Chase Hebert

Morgan Wyatt

K.C. Huffman

Sources
Wendy

Chase

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotteries_i
n_the_United_States

Casinos, Crime, and Community Costs

Earl L. Grinols and David B. Mustard
The Review of Economics and
Statistics
Vol. 88, No. 1 (Feb., 2006), pp. 28-45
Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40042957

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K.C.

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