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The Spatial Extents of Casino Catchments in A ustralia
Author(s) -
Markham Francis,
Doran Bruce,
Young Martin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
growth and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1468-2257
pISSN - 0017-4815
DOI - 10.1111/grow.12032
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , distribution (mathematics) , business , regional science , economic geography , economics , computer science , geography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , programming language
Casinos have proliferated throughout A ustralia and in many other parts of the world since the late twentieth century. An emerging body of research has started to explicitly consider the social and economic impacts of casinos in different settings. Many of the potential impacts of casinos are spatially patterned and relate to the connectivity of patrons and venues. In this paper, we use a predictive trade‐area analysis technique, the H uff model, to estimate the spatial extent of casino catchments in A ustralia and compare these outputs to travel data from N ational V isitors S urvey. Many casinos draw patrons from regional areas and from other states, a set of cross‐jurisdictional patterns that pose regulatory challenges in terms of managing economic benefits and the distribution of harms arising from casino gambling. Avenues for logical extensions of the approach are discussed as well as alternative methods of sourcing data for validating predictive outputs.