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35. I live very close to reservation economies

given that it is about the only industry the reservations can attract is more of an indictment on the extreme poverty that exists that outweighs whatever benefits the casinos bring in terms of employment & economic activity. There are a wide variety of factors that contribute because for example a car loan or financing are less unwilling because of how difficult it is to repo a car or enforcing judgments in reservation land. Ownership of property in addition to the many number of problems which includes nuclear testing.

But in how it relates to Casinos I found studies and it is basically true. I live very close to Casino Arizona which is next door to Mesa. Talking Stick is next door to Scottsdale. Wild Horse Pass is somewhat southwest of Chandler but there are many signs letting you know which exit to take to find "Wild Horse Pass"

Also, it briefly mentions the outside investors. This relates to the money & influence point you made, a lot of people unaware of outside investors regarding reservation casinos, I don't mean outside by outside the reservation. I across the Pacific ocean investors

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Casinos also provide much-needed job opportunities on reservations. In 1989, average levels of unemployment on reservations was above 30 percent. In the next decade, that rate dropped to 13 percent on reservations with casinos, while remaining stagnant on reservations without casinos.[57]

Casinos' impact on overall economic conditions, however, is limited. Through the 1990s, the number of reservation residents eligible for public assistance programs increased across on most reservations. Although the rate of increase was slightly less on reservations that had casinos, the casinos were unable to reverse trends of worsening poverty.[58] There are a number of factors explaining why casinos have done little to change living conditions on many reservations, despite the income they bring in. First, a relatively small number of casinos bring in the majority of casino income. In the 1990s, ten casinos brought in more than half the earned money, and 20 percent of casinos brought in more than 80 percent of earnings.[59]

Those that are most financially successful tend to be small reservations with relatively few inhabitants located near metropolitan areas that do not have as high poverty rates as larger, more rural reservations, which hold a much greater portion of the nations' reservation inhabitants.[60] Many of the reservations facing the most dire poverty also are the most geographically isolated, meaning outside tourists rarely travel to the casinos. Instead, they are visited by reservation residents. Depending on the profit distribution plan of the tribe, this can result in a redistribution of income from many to a few,[61] and a factionalization of the reservation population between those who spend at casinos and those who earn from them.[62]

When reservation residents spend portions of their sometimes very sparse incomes gambling, casinos can serve to exacerbate rather than relieve conditions of poverty.[59] This is especially true when a casino's income is sent off the reservation, as is frequently the case when tribal governments must rely on outside investors to build casinos. These non-native investors often take substantial portions of the profits for years following construction to repay their initial contributions.[63] Beyond initial investments, some casinos rely on outside management companies for day-to-day operations. Currently, fifteen percent of casino revenues go to such management firms.[57]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservation_poverty

It makes sense, I doubt many people make the trip up the beeline highway to go to that Casino but I imagine it is more successful than those rest stop casinos. Though it mentions about the casino section that Arizona has one of the highest reservation poverty rates, Navajo nation is up there with Window Rock & the 4-corners, very isolated.

Very troubling indeed regarding casinos impact regarding the surrounding communities in my state but the state sponsored gambling has the "You can't win if you don't play" or commercials with money following from the sky with claims how much money the Arizona lotto industry is giving away this year but the reservation are more state-sponsored than people realize.