“Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.” by Rajiv Lal

Gambling is becoming increasingly popular in today’s society. Major casinos and online gambling sites attract

The growing industry of gambling creates revenue from taxes, but is it really profitable? Smith-Christopher claims “the total amount accounts for less than a quarter of the gambling industry revenues nationwide each year.” It can be said that gambling can help economic progress, “Nearly half of all tribal gaming enterprises earn less than $10 million in annual revenue, and one-quarter earn less than $3 million each year. On the other end of the spectrum, about 40 tribal casinos (or about 1 in 10) take in two-thirds of all Indian gaming revenues” (Smith-Christopher). The economic benefits that gambling creates may outweigh the addictions it may create. Walker claims, “As gambling expands, the gambling industry and government are beginning to

Economic The Australian gambling market is remarkable in the world’s gambling industry. It has already been mature and showed a very strong growing momentum with 2.9% annually over the last five years, and it was predicted that the growth rate would be constant in a medium-term period. (Sudarsanam, 2011)There are four categories of gambling activities. Gaming is the largest type with the annual turnover over $10.2b, and other three types are Casino, wagering and lotteries, and the annual turnover was $3.2b, $2.6b and $2.1b respectively. (Sudarsanam, 2011)

(Gambling should be legalized). As it is known Gambling is the third largest area of Leisure spending in America. Profits are out of the roof sometimes reaching 60 Billion plus. This could potentially be all taxable money. Not only would that money be taxed but as it would generate income to the whole area there would be more money for the government to tax. Betting Laws are placed, which come from the state level. This definitely decreases the amount of profit made. If the casino was able to set this limit the amount of money would be through the

Doubts in the capability and efficacy of betting regulation by the government and public are another driving force in its prohibition. Government and state-sanctioned organizations and programs would go a long way in limiting gambling addictions and an unhealthy betting environment. These organizations and programs include the Department of Justice, Casino Control Commission, gambling hotlines, and individual betting vendors themselves. Opponents of legalization typically fail

There are many reasons to link financial problems and crime to the large revenues of gambling. Financial losses are one of the extreme threats and costs to the gambler. This is because

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--Company performs its own employment screenings, independent of the registration process. The intent is to check background and to avoid hiring people involved in crime, violations. --Licensing of casino personnel so this will ensure that the right person is employed and those who fails the registration process is not employed by casino company. --Training and retaining well qualified employees to ensure that the right type of people is employed: Company provides extensive further training to employees to standardize its activities. Cultural controls (exist to shape organizational behavioral norms and to encourage employees to monitor and influence each other's behaviors): --Controls were legally mandated because the gaming industry is highly regulated. Companies have to maintaining its licenses and paying gaming taxes to be allowed to continue operations. --Company is operating in highly competitive environments and competing against other companies. They were required by regulations to report suspicious activities related to money laundering and report any cash transaction in excess of $10,000. Results controls (Policies and procedures that help ensure management directives are carried out to achieve the desired result. It involves rewarding individuals for generating good

Also the fact of all the surrounding areas economies and businesses have been hurt because of the casino’s because now tourists only travel to the specific region skipping other possible tourist attractions.

When walking into “The Strip” in Las Vegas, an instant feel of excitement rushes up. The flashy neon lights paired with glimpses of amazing acrobatics on gigantic screens easily brings up the energy of tourists, businessmen, and gambling addicts. You may wonder how a once stranded desert can transform into such a paradise of skyscrapers. The answer lies in casinos.

The casino marketing is directed to individuals who want to have fun and those who are willing to risk their mortgages (Klebanow, 2009)

There is a steady growth rate in gaming revenues taking effect in the casino industy around the United States. A number of factors are tied into the increase including new entrants to the casino industry and rival casino expansions. Through aspects of Porter’s Five Forces Model of Industry Competion: Rivalry among existing firms, the threat of new entrants, and the threat of substitues, this case analysis addresses key problems the casio industry is facing and implements stratiges they may use to tackles thoses issues. In addition, SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunites, and Threats) will be used to facilitate the discussion.

From commercial casinos to lottery tickets to off-track betting, it is easier to gamble today than ever before. While the government promotes the gambling industry to supplement tax revenues, it has not allocated

“The geographic location of a casino is a huge consideration” (Lewis pg. 1). Demographics, travel patterns and nearby competition play a significant part in casino design. “ Most people in North America live within a day’s drive of one or more gaming areas” (Lewis pg. 1), so in order to attract people to the casino there must be something other than the gaming floor to draw them in. Many amenity and non-gaming attractions must be considered in order to really stand out. The casino must design strong support facilities, a hotel that can accommodate as many players as it can afford, a parking system for the traveling patrons, non-gambling facilities for families and it must be an inviting space.

While the total number of gambling enterprises has fallen in recent years the overall number of people employed in the industry has increases, suggesting that enterprises are now larger than they were a decade ago. The way people bet has been revolutionised of recent years with the online gambling industry taking over the