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Economic and Social Impact of Indian Gaming in the U.S.

Oct. 26, Friday -- Eight leading experts on the economic and social impact of Indian gaming in the United States -- including the chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission -- will gather at a daylong forum sponsored by the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Center for State and Local Taxation at the Activities and Recreation Center Pavilion on campus.

Forum registration is $25 and must be submitted by Oct. 15. To download a registration form, go to: .

Philip Hogen, chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, will discuss the legal basis for Indian gaming.

Other speakers and topics:

  • Richard Pomp, professor of law at the University of Connecticut Law School: Taxation of Indian casinos and those who do business with them
  • Alan Meister, a manager with the Analysis Group, a national economic, financial and strategy consultant: Overview of the state of the Indian gaming industry
  • Economist William Eadington, director of the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada, Reno: Present and future models of tribal gaming
  • Katherine Spilde Contreras, managing director of the Center for California Native Nations at UC Riverside: Costs and benefits of Indian gaming in the U.S.
  • Dean Gerstein, vice provost and director of research at Claremont Graduate University: Gambling behavior and its social and economic impacts on consumers
  • Gary Anders, professor of economics at Arizona State University: Indian economic development through Indian gaming
  • Terri Sexton, professor of economics at Sacramento State: Impact of Indian gaming on local public finance

For more information about the forum, please call Mary Davis at (530) 752-2042.

Media Resources

Claudia Morain, (530) 752-9841, cmmorain@ucdavis.edu

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