Studies concerning the social impacts of casino gambling suggest
that this industry has distinctively yielded both positive and
negative effects toward local communities and the lives of local
residents. For instance, Giacopassi et al. (1999) interviewed 128
community leaders in seven new casino jurisdictions in the USA
and found that 59% of the respondents favored casino establishments
in their communities, 65% believed that casinos enhanced
the quality of their lives, and 77% agreed that casinos led to positive
effects on their communities' economy. Gonzales, Lyson, and Mauer
(2007) associated casino gambling with improvements in the
quality of life regarding the social and economic well-being of both
Indian and non-Indian populations in Arizona and New Mexico.
In contrast, although some researchers have found that the
development of casino gambling has no direct associations with an
increase in criminal activities (Janes & Collison, 2004), most studies
have shown that casino gambling may be correlated with the