Spectrum Gaming Group Selected to Study Gaming in Florida

Allison McCoy, senior vice president of marketing for Spectrum Gaming Group, described her company's mission at the Florida Gaming Congress in February. She told Sunshine State News, "Our job is to tell people not what they want to hear but what they need to know."

Now Spectrum will be telling Florida what it needs to know about its gaming future -- officially.

The Florida House and Senate announced Tuesday the joint selection of Spectrum Gaming Group to complete a two-part study of gaming in Florida to assist the Legislature in better understanding the economic, fiscal, and social impacts of possible changes in Floridas gaming environment.

House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said, Spectrum has extensive experience in providing independent studies of gaming in a variety of jurisdictions, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Ohio. I look forward to reviewing their report as we take a holistic view of the role gaming plays in Florida's economy.

According to the Legislature's press release, the study will provide a comprehensive analysis of gaming market information, to include an assessment of the Florida gaming industry and its economic and social effects; an assessment of various potential changes in the gaming industry and their potential economic and social effects (including effects on other areas of the economy); and a statistical analysis of relationships between gaming and economic variables for communities.

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