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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Casino companies and the industries that support them paid $21 billion in wages to more than 700,000 men and women during 1995 and employ more people than the soft drink, cellular phone, video and cable TV industries, according to an Arthur Anderson study released today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The gaming industry was recognized for its outstanding achievements in getting people off welfare and into the workforce during a White House ceremony today to announce the formation of The Welfare to Work Partnership, a not-for profit organization created to encourage corporate social responsibility.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Oct. 15, 1997) — The first, comprehensive national survey of casino gaming employees paints a remarkable picture of the contribution casinos make to the communities where they operate and the impact they have on people’s lives. In a single year casino employees purchased:

• 66,000 homes
• 176,000 automobiles
• 173,000 major appliances

Each month, casino gaming employees and their families purchase:

WAHINGTON—Good benefits, pay and opportunity are the reasons more than 85 percent of the nation’s gaming employees find their job satisfying, according to a new American Gaming Association (AGA) white paper detailing the results of a national survey of casino industry employee attitudes about their jobs and the industry.  The white paper, “A Survey of Attitudes of Casino Industry Employees,” is the latest release in the AGA’s 10th anniversary white paper series.

Dear Editor:

The American Gaming Association (AGA) does not take a position on gambling expansion; however, your readers deserve to know that Linda Hoffman’s opinion editorial “Table Games:  Bad Bet for Jefferson” (May 23) makes a case that is built on bad information.

Dear Editor:

It is difficult to make heads or tails of the latest research from Ball State University (“Study questions benefits of slots,” August 5). Any credible economist would agree that the study is deeply flawed. Its methodology and economic models don’t support the author’s own assertions, much less the real facts.

In a recent op-ed, Massachusetts native Brian Wolfel turned up his nose at the employment opportunities casinos bring to communities, classifying them as undignified and “low-end” jobs.