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The Battered Gaming Industry: A Case Study for Our Times?
In The Battered Gaming Industry, IGI Executive Director Bo Bernhard makes an interesting observation: the moment that the Las Vegas-based gaming industry finally "cleaned up" via strong regulation was, in retrospect, the very moment that gambling became globally popular (and massively profitable). Typically, economists associate "strict regulation" with "profit killing" -- but in the gaming industry the opposite was true. Both of these events (the regulatory cleanup and the meteoric rise in profits) took place in the mid-1980s, and though Las Vegas' popularity can be attributed to a number of factors during that period, one of these factors can be traced to the fact that once gambling became "clean," it became socially acceptable for a much larger population to gamble. And any time you can open your store's doors to a larger customer base, that is, by definition, a good business day.
Enjoy and discuss this courtesy copy of an article published in UNLV Gaming Research and Review Journal, the IGI's peer-reviewed academic journal on the business of gambling.
Bo J. Bernhard, Ph.D.
UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal
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Las Vegas and Houston: Global Command Centers in the Sun Belt
Prepared by the International Gaming Institute
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Copyright 2011
Bo J. Bernhard, Ph.D., Mikael Ahlgren, Ph.D. (candidate)
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Internet Gambling in Nevada
Prepared by the International Gaming Institute
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | April 2007
Bo J. Bernhard, Ph.D., Anthony F. Lucas, Ph.D., and Elena Shampaner, Ph.D. (candidate)
Responsible Gaming Device Research Report
Prepared by the International Gaming Institute
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Copyright 2006
Bo J. Bernhard, Ph.D., Anthony F. Lucas, Ph.D., and Dongsuk Jang, Ph.D. (candidate)
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