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Bankruptcy Rates: A County Level Analysis

 

At Creighton University, Ernie Goss, Professor of Economics and Edward Morse, Professor of Law, used bankruptcy information to compare the roughly 250 U.S. counties with commercial or Indian casinos. "Our regression analysis on matched-pair counties indicates that those counties that legalized casino gambling during the 1990s experienced a cumulative growth rate in individual bankruptcies that was more than double the growth rate for corresponding non-casino counties.

Nevada Ranked Compare to Other States

Nevada

Category

1

Most dangerous state in the nation

1

Suicides

1

Divorce

1

Prostitution

1

Women Killed by Men

1

Gambling Addictions

3

High School Dropouts

3

Poor mental health

3

Alcohol Related Deaths

4

Bankruptcies

4

Deaths from firearms

10

Prisoners Locked Up

47

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