Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 1 Issue 4

An overview of residents' perceptions toward gaming development in local community: Theory and practice

Choong‐Ki Lee, Ki‐Joon Back

The purpose of this paper is to overview empirical research on gambling impacts, theories employed to these gambling impact studies and methodology of gambling impacts.

Casino customers in Asian versus western gaming jurisdictions: Implications for western casino operators

Sudhir H. Kale, Mark T. Spence

Most of the growth in casino expansion for the foreseeable future will take place in Asia. Western casino operators appreciate the immense opportunities afforded by the Asian…

Casinos as an antecedent of tourism development

John Bowen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the barriers to casino development, asking how they can be minimized, and how might casino resorts drive tourism growth most…

Senior citizen gaming: more than just buffets

Sze‐Wei Steve Wu, James Wortman

The purposes of this paper are: to review senior gambling literature and summarize the current situation; to discover the gambling characteristics of senior citizens; to discover…

An overview of consumer non‐problem gaming research

Dina Zemke, Stowe Shoemaker

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the extant research around the non‐pathological gaming customer and then propose research for future study of this customer.

A content analysis of gaming research: 1994‐2008

Eunjin Kwon, Ki‐Joon Back

The main purpose of this paper is to overview and summarize all articles published in the UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal (GRRJ) from 1994 to 2008, in order to understand…

When something goes wrong: Loto‐Quebec's strategy to concentrate the offer of slot machines in mini‐casinos

Marc Alain, Danny Dessureault, Natacha Brunelle, Chantal Crête

The purpose of this paper is to examine Loto‐Quebec's strategy as it adopts the new concept called Ludoplex.

Customer reinvestment analysis in the gaming industry

Andrew Klebanow

Over the past several years, the term “Player Reinvestment” been used more frequently when describing the money and effort casinos expend in retaining profitable gaming customers…

Can casino gaming be used to maximize the benefits for tourism destinations?

Ki‐Joon Back, John Bowen

The purpose of this paper is to review the contribution made by this theme issue to the question: can casino gaming be used to maximize the benefits for tourism destinations?

How can casino gaming be used to maximize the benefits for tourism destinations?

Ki-Joon Back, John Bowen

Introduction

Richard Teare