gambling in alberta - Research Services - University of Lethbridge

The main indices that speak to changes concerning the actual availability of casinos and slot
machine venues in Alberta are the: a) Total number of permanent casinos and RECs, reported
in Table 10, and adjusted for population increases in Figure 10; b) Total number of slot
machines, as reported in Table 11 and adjusted for population increases in Figure 11; c) Total
number of charitable casino licences, as reported in Table 12 and adjusted for population
increases in Figure 12; and d) Total number of casino events, as reported in Table 13 and
adjusted for population increases in Figure 13.
As can be seen, since 1980 there has been a steady and significant increase in the per adult
availability of all of these indices. There has been a particularly significant rise in the number of
slot machines per adult since their introduction in 1996.
0.012
0.010
0.008
0.006
0.004
0.002
0.000
1970
1972
1974
1976
Figure 10: Total Casinos & RECs per 1000 Adults.
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
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