RESEARCH

My research focuses on the social and economic effects of legalized gambling. Recently published and other select articles are available below. Please send an email if you'd like a copy of other work listed in my CV.

Working papers

Casino openings do not bankrupt their neighbors: new evidence from U.S. census tracts

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with Gary Wagner · SSRN draft (July 2025)

Recently published

How bad sports betting research can lead to bad sports betting regulations

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with Brent Evans · Journal of Gambling Business and Economics (2026)

How casino match play promotions can hook gamblers (and non-gamblers)

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with Brent Evans · UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal (2025)

Selected journal articles

Did video gaming expansion boost municipal revenues in Illinois?

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with Gary Wagner · Southern Economic Journal (2021)

The effect of casino proximity on lottery sales: evidence from Maryland

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with Will Cummings and Chad Cotti · Contemporary Economic Policy (2017)

Social and economic impacts of gambling

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with Russell Sobel · Current Addiction Reports (2016)

Setting win limits: An alternative approach to “responsible gambling”?

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with Stephen Litvin, Russell Sobel, and Renée St-Pierre · Journal of Gambling Studies (2015)

Casino revenue sensitivity to competing casinos: A spatial analysis of Missouri

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with Todd Nesbit · Growth and Change (2014)

Research appointments

Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow in Gambling Economics

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, International Gaming Institute (2021-22)

Visiting Professor

Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry (2014)

Cambridge Health Alliance, Division on Addiction (2014)

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