One, by Douglas Walker of the College of Charleston in South Carolina and John Jackson of Auburn University, not only found that casinos don’t foster growth, they also found scant evidence that casinos positively affect employment (outside of an initial employment burst for construction, the jobs they add are minimal and low-wage) or aggregate tax revenues.
http://articles.philly.com/2013-05-12/news/39205825_1_casinos-american-gaming-association-revenue
