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 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis 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 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â 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.
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Claudia Morain, (530) 752-9841, cmmorain@ucdavis.edu