There are no studies about that mainly because everyone that is not "in" wants to ignore it and label it as a "shady business"
but imagine this situation
there are about 15000 (my estimate) people employeed by pokerrooms/bingo/casino/sportsbooks , they normally get a minimum of 700-800 dollars /month , thats 12.000.000 dollars monthly
out of this the goverment gets in social security fees about 30% so thats a (once again ) minimum of 3.6 million
assuming they all get fired and are forced to get a "normal job" say 250 USD /month the goverment would lose (800-250)*15000*.30= 2.475 million USD PER MONTH!
now every company needs computers,supplies such as desks etc, office space, internet service, electricity , phone and the list goes on
internet ,electricity and phone all controlled by the goverment one way or the other
well you get the idea, the impact is huge
also the economy in CR is HEAVILY dollarized, everything is in dollars lately!, if you put 15000 people that earn USD to now earn a much lower amount in colones.......MANY who are in debt in dollars will now have big problems keeping up as the devaluation makes their colones less valuable every month
but imagine this situation
there are about 15000 (my estimate) people employeed by pokerrooms/bingo/casino/sportsbooks , they normally get a minimum of 700-800 dollars /month , thats 12.000.000 dollars monthly
out of this the goverment gets in social security fees about 30% so thats a (once again ) minimum of 3.6 million
assuming they all get fired and are forced to get a "normal job" say 250 USD /month the goverment would lose (800-250)*15000*.30= 2.475 million USD PER MONTH!
now every company needs computers,supplies such as desks etc, office space, internet service, electricity , phone and the list goes on
internet ,electricity and phone all controlled by the goverment one way or the other
well you get the idea, the impact is huge
also the economy in CR is HEAVILY dollarized, everything is in dollars lately!, if you put 15000 people that earn USD to now earn a much lower amount in colones.......MANY who are in debt in dollars will now have big problems keeping up as the devaluation makes their colones less valuable every month
the only thing is, I am not sure they would all leave even if its 100% legalized in the States
there are many industries who are here or in other countries as their services were outsourced
capital one, for example has their call center here
one of Cisco TACs (technical support centers) is here as well
there is an economic advantage in having smaller operational costs by having their operations in a place like CR (I wish those @#$@#$@#$@#!!@!!!! of CR goverment would understand that !)
there are many industries who are here or in other countries as their services were outsourced
capital one, for example has their call center here
one of Cisco TACs (technical support centers) is here as well
there is an economic advantage in having smaller operational costs by having their operations in a place like CR (I wish those @#$@#$@#$@#!!@!!!! of CR goverment would understand that !)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/gambling/onlinegambling.html
That is a lot, and a huge hit to Carribbean economies
