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1. Integrated Resort Casinos: Implications for Economic Growth and Social Impacts William R. Eadington, Editor Meighan R. Doyle, Editor Copyright © 2009 Reno, NV Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming ISBN-13: 978-0-9796873-1-0 ISBN-10: 0-9796873-1-4 310 Pages. No index.
Reviewed by Betty McNeal
Integrated Resort Casinos, Implications for Economic Growth and Social Impacts examines the conflicts and complications surrounding a proposed but never built resort casino in the country of Slovenia. So alarming was the situation that a conference of scholars took an in-depth look at the outcome and their papers form the basis of this book.
Two prominent casino corporations on opposite sides of the Atlantic strove seriously to create the largest integrated resort casino in Europe but somehow things went awry. U.S. based Harrah's...