Gateway Sites

1. The site: http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~carlb/gambling.htm is a gateway site to information on this topic (there are approximatley 25 sites listed).

2. This site: http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~mccg/, by the North American Training Institute, is another gateway site to other sites that deals with rehabilitating compulsive gamblers (there were approximatley 15 sites listed).

3. This web page: http://www.hawk.igs.net/~terry/gambling.htm links up with over 20 other sites and provides very rich information on the topic at hand.

Other Links

1. This site http://www.bcg.com/textonly/game/34.html, made in cooperation with Boston Consulting, gave extensive information about how opening up a casino effected the economy of the island Cruisabell in the Caribbean.

2. The next relevant site listed was: http://www.niagara.com/city.niagara-falls/casino.htm/. This is an excellent site which answers questions concerning the development of casinos. Forecasts of the casinos impact on tourism, employment, and government revenues are made. The operation of the casino, including incremental tourist expenditures, will result in nearly 15,100 person-years of employment for Ontario residents, about 63% of which will be available within Niagara Falls. As well, labour income of $757 million will be generated in the Province, of which over $508 million will be earned by Niagara Falls residents.

3. The third relevant site listed was: http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/planning/casino.html. This web site is about the City of Vancouver Casino Review. It provides excellent information about the impact of casino development in the city.

4. The fourth relevant site listed was: http://www.casinocenter.com/journal/april/rgrosapr.html/. This site offered information about how casinos were able to replenish the tourism industry on the Gulf Coast of the Mississippi.

5. This web site: http://www.sasknet.sk.ca/saskgov/newsrel/1997Jan/024.97012002.html is a press release on the impact that casinos have made on the economy of Saskatchewan. Included is a lot of information about the effect that casinos will have on the economy and tourism.

6. This web site listed: http://www.unr.edu/gaming/ is by the Institute for the study of gambling and commerical gaming. The Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming was established by the University of Nevada, Reno in 1989. As the first academically oriented program of its kind, the Institute serves as a structure to broaden the understanding of gambling and the commercial gaming industries.

7. This site: http://www.800gambler.org/, put on by the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, described the profile of a compulsive gambler and most importantly listed 1994 and 1995 statistics on compulsive gamblers.

8. This site: http://nbcoin.info.ca/7.htm is a bibliography of publications written about problem gambling.

9. This site listed is about the impact of gambling on society: http://www.miph.org/g2.html.