Resources

Jobs Factsheet:

Massachusetts Coalition for Jobs and Growth -- Create Good-Paying Jobs Now

How can Masachusetts maintain its repuation as an international innovator in emerging technologies without forgetting its working-class roots? Read this fact sheet on how all residents -- even those that lack higher education -- can have good-paying jobs. Click here to download the fact sheet.

Gaming Legislation Bill and Summary:

Executive Summary: AFL-CIO Gaming Bill
This legislation is designed to create thousands of new jobs as quickly as possible throughout the Commonwealth and hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Read more here.

Resort Casino Bill: An Act Establishing and Regulating Resort-Style Entertainment in the Commonwealth
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to provide forthwith for the immediate economic development and revenue needs of the Commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. Read the rest of the bill here.

See How Your Money Spent at Foxwoods and Mohegan Benefits Residents of Neighboring States:

Spending by MA Residents at Connecticut Resort Casinos and Rhode Island and Maine Slot Parlors
It is estimated that, since 1993, Massachusetts residents have spent more than $10 billion at Connecticut’s resort casinos and Rhode island and Maine’s slot parlors.
Fact Sheet

Taxes Generated by MA Residents at Connecticut Resort Casinos and Rhode Island and Maine Slot Parlors
Since 1993, Bay Stater spending has generated $4 billion in tax revenues to the Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine state treasuries.
Fact Sheet

Recent Reports:

Labor Resource Center: Gaming in Massachusetts - Can Casinos Bring "Good Jobs" to the Commonwealth?

This report examines the quality of jobs in the United States gaming industry, with the goal of assessing the potential impact the creation of three resort-style casinos would have on Massachusetts. Among workers without a college education, gaming workers in casino hotels enjoy higher pay and more generous job benefits than workers in non-gaming jobs. Gaming workers are also more likely to receive employer-provided health insurance, especially those where premiums are paid at least partially by employers. The report analyzes 2007 proposed legislation to enable gaming in Massachusetts, and how it addressed wages, benefits, training, mentoring and childcare among other areas of worker protection.
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Spectrum Gaming Group: Projecting and Preparing for Potential Impact of Expanded Gaming on Commonwealth of Massachusetts

An independent research firm was engaged by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to analyze legislative proposals authorizing the creation of three resort-style casinos in the state, and to project potential impacts. The report found that three destination casinos could generate $1.23 billion to $1.78 billion in annual gross gaming revenue in the first year. Each casino would create an average of 4,377 direct jobs, with each direct job creating 0.5 jobs elsewhere in the local economy. Massachusetts casinos would add about $1 billion to the gross regional product of the Boston area and $2 billion to the gross regional product of Massachusetts. Each casino would also create approximately 3,000 direct construction jobs. Conventions and meetings centered at the casino would generate at least $7.2 million in annual spending at other local businesses.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce: Casino Gaming in Massachusetts

This report was commissioned to examine the potential gross gaming revenues, new jobs created and the socioeconomic impacts associated with the legalization of casino gambling. The report found that a significant portion of Massachusetts casino revenues would come from recovering the money that Massachusetts residents currently spend at out-of-state casinos. A destination casino, especially one located in close proximity to Boston, would be a strong draw for patrons from outside the region as well while having smaller negative impacts on local non-casino business per dollar of revenue generated. The report estimates that three proposed casinos would create between 17,000 and 21,000 permanent jobs, with 10,000 to 11,500 construction jobs.
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UMass Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis: New England Casino Gaming

This is a New England patron origin and fiscal impact analysis for Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut; Twin River and Newport Grand in Rhode Island; and Hollywood Slots in Bangor, Maine. The purpose of the 2009 patron origin study was to determine the geographic origin, expenditure patterns, and other gaming behaviors of visitors to Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut; Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut; Twin River in Lincoln, Rhode Island; Newport Grand Slots in Newport, Rhode Island, and Hollywood Slots in Bangor, Maine, including the percentage of casino and racino visitors who are residents of Massachusetts, In 2008, Massachusetts residents spent $709 million at gaming destinations in Connecticut, $210.8 million in Rhode Island, and $620,000 in Maine. The study found that Massachusetts residents indirectly contributed $93.1 million to the Connecticut state treasury in 2008, and $117.4 million to the Rhode Island state treasury in 2008.
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