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By Howard Stutz
After encouraging presidential candidates this summer to be aware of gaming issues, the American Gaming Association now wants to learn their actual stances.
The Washington, D.C.-based trade organization sent a questionnaire this week to all the current Republican and Democratic candidates for president, seeking their positions on everything from daily fantasy sports, illegal gambling, regulation, tourism and proposed Internal Revenue Service changes on tracking the activities of casino customers.
The AGA will use the information gathered from the questionnaire to compile a voter guide that will be distributed to some 1 million gaming employees, casino industry vendors and ancillary services across 40 states before voting begins with the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.
The questionnaire was sent out two weeks before the nationally televised Dec. 15 GOP candidates debate at The Venetian.
AGA CEO Geoff Freeman said the organization wants casino employees to know where candidates stand on the gaming industry and its various issues.
"While candidates have no shortage of issues to consider and debate, we encourage candidates to take the time to demonstrate their support — through this questionnaire, a back-of-the-house tour and in other ways — for an industry that is creating a path to the middle class for workers of all backgrounds and experiences," Freeman said in a statement.
AGA spokesman Chris Moyer said the 10-page questionnaire was sent to all current candidates regardless of their standings in recent polls.
The questionnaire is part of the AGA's "Gaming Votes" grass-roots initiative that aims to ensure 2016 presidential candidates don't forget that gaming is an economic engine in many local communities. The AGA often mentions last year's economic impact report, which found the gaming industry represents $240 billion annually in economic impact and supports 1.7 million jobs in 40 states.
In early voting and battleground states, the AGA says gaming supports more than 500,000 jobs and contributes $75 billion to local communities.
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After encouraging presidential candidates this summer to be aware of gaming issues, the American Gaming Association now wants to learn their actual stances.
The Washington, D.C.-based trade organization sent a questionnaire this week to all the current Republican and Democratic candidates for president, seeking their positions on everything from daily fantasy sports, illegal gambling, regulation, tourism and proposed Internal Revenue Service changes on tracking the activities of casino customers.
The AGA will use the information gathered from the questionnaire to compile a voter guide that will be distributed to some 1 million gaming employees, casino industry vendors and ancillary services across 40 states before voting begins with the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.
The questionnaire was sent out two weeks before the nationally televised Dec. 15 GOP candidates debate at The Venetian.
AGA CEO Geoff Freeman said the organization wants casino employees to know where candidates stand on the gaming industry and its various issues.
"While candidates have no shortage of issues to consider and debate, we encourage candidates to take the time to demonstrate their support — through this questionnaire, a back-of-the-house tour and in other ways — for an industry that is creating a path to the middle class for workers of all backgrounds and experiences," Freeman said in a statement.
AGA spokesman Chris Moyer said the 10-page questionnaire was sent to all current candidates regardless of their standings in recent polls.
The questionnaire is part of the AGA's "Gaming Votes" grass-roots initiative that aims to ensure 2016 presidential candidates don't forget that gaming is an economic engine in many local communities. The AGA often mentions last year's economic impact report, which found the gaming industry represents $240 billion annually in economic impact and supports 1.7 million jobs in 40 states.
In early voting and battleground states, the AGA says gaming supports more than 500,000 jobs and contributes $75 billion to local communities.
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