tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post8402555011913861560..comments2024-02-19T08:12:53.815-05:00Comments on The Right Thing: SOUND OFF: CASINOS TARGETING ASIAN CLIENTELEJeffrey L. Seglinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15648051034425906705noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-11066742535534174752007-06-07T19:00:00.000-04:002007-06-07T19:00:00.000-04:00All marketing targets specific groups, whether wid...All marketing targets specific groups, whether wide groups or small groups. Marketing may target by income level, education level, age, geographic area, shopping history as provided by "membership or 'discount' cards", or by ethnic group. Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? It's probably some of both: lets us know about products and sales and services we might be interested in, or leads us into temptation. But it's up to us to make the decisions.....we are not sheep. Or are we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-65458131475688792342007-06-03T06:13:00.001-04:002007-06-03T06:13:00.001-04:00I think the "Asian" bit is a red herring. If the e...I think the "Asian" bit is a red herring. If the effective marketing<BR/>of gambling has detrimental effects, it really doesn't matter what group is being targeted. The real question is whether there ought to be any marketing at all; I don't have a problem with it, but there are reasonable positions on both sides. Let's just try to avoid obfuscating it with racial insinuations, shall we?<BR/><BR/>Shmuel Ross<BR/>East Boston, MAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-52432849367703831382007-06-03T06:13:00.000-04:002007-06-03T06:13:00.000-04:00We can't fault the casinos for pressing their adva...We can't fault the casinos for pressing their advantage with a certain demographic. It's a free market. Anyone who thinks the gambling industry is damaging to our society should seek a resolution with the industry as a whole. We can't pick and choose which people to defend from an industry's marketing plan. If gambling ads are so bad then we should regulate them across the board. <BR/> <BR/>Brian Hurley<BR/>Brooklyn, NYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-70199897971540263092007-06-03T06:12:00.000-04:002007-06-03T06:12:00.000-04:00the issue of targeting a minority group with gener...the issue of targeting a minority group with generic marketing is age old. marketing, as a practice, is the idea of finding a susceptible demographic and convincing them that a product or practice is exactly what they have been looking for. think of all those children whose unknowing mothers buy them kids meals with healthy apple slices, whole milk, and deep-fried-52-grams-of-fat chicken fingers. Its sneaky, it causes childrens obesity and diabetes, but wow does it ever sell kids meals. <BR/><BR/>Caroline Beaulieu<BR/>Austin, TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-55056138973296103992007-06-03T06:11:00.000-04:002007-06-03T06:11:00.000-04:00I was dismayed when then-governor Weicker allowed ...I was dismayed when then-governor Weicker allowed casinos to be built in CT in the first place, and the destructive effect they had on friends and neighbors. Casinos are as inherently immoral as any tobacco company, in my mind; they design their product to be as addictive as possible, and <BR/>feed off the weakness of their clientele (I am of course not talking about the casual or holiday gamer, but the addicts who are the bread and butter of these institutions). Marketing games to a particular ethnic group reminds me of similar disreputable practices by cigarette companies, but the immorality of this practice seems slight to me <BR/>compared to the horror local, easily-accessible gambling inflicts generally.<BR/><BR/>Jason Wiener, West Hartford, CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-36069645795385772852007-05-26T11:40:00.000-04:002007-05-26T11:40:00.000-04:00I get your column in the Windsor Star and enjoy it...I get your column in the Windsor Star and enjoy it. In today's column you talk about targeting Asians for gambling. What about the Boyd Group in Las Vegas which has been marketing to Hawaiians for years, to the point they have travel agencies in Hawaii catering to Vegas/Boyd charters. It must work well, in particular the downtown properties such as the California and Fremont are full of folks from there. <BR/><BR/>Seems to me like just good marketing.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/>Tom Steel<BR/>WindsorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com