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Spaces of social compulsion : a case study of the Sugarmill Casino, Durban.Singh, Renelle. January 2001 (has links)
This thesis explores gambling as a leisure activity and consumption experience. Casino
development in South Africa - formerly illegal in the country - is occurring at an
unprecedented rate. In 1996. the new democratic Govemment passed legislation to allow up
to forty casinos to be developed throughout South Africa. This was viewed as a means of
developing tourism as well as the input of revenue into the country's economy. South
Africa's gambling industry is now similar to that of the United States and Australia. Starting
with remotely situated casinos, accessible primarily to upper income clientele, legislation has
softened to allow for the licensing of casinos within the major urban areas of this country.
This has led to casino gambling being accessible to thousands of people, those who can
afford to indulge in this leisure activity and those who cannot.
This thesis explores the engineering of space to create an atmosphere of compulsion, and the
response of communities given access, for the first time, to casino gambling close to home.
The second legal casino in KwaZulu-Natal, the "SugarMill Casino", opened on 2 February
2001, on a temporary site in Mount Edgccombe, north of Durban, adjacent to the
predominantly Indian suburb of Phoenix. Phoenix was planned and developed in 1976, as a
residential area for the low-income Indian population. Therefore, the location of this casino
has been subject 10 much criticism.
This study looks at the symbolic economy of the SugarMill casino in terms of the symbols
used in marketing the casino as well as its architectural symbolism. The symbolic economy
of the casino uses locally based ' cultural capital ' to create a space of compulsion, through
space planning and marketing campaigns. Although the casino has only being in operation for
a short time, an important aim of this thesis is to determine whether these strategies are
working and why. The perceptions and attitudes of Phoenix residents towards the casino,
their use of and expenditure at the facility as well as the creation of problem or compulsive
gamblers are explored. The importance of gambling in relation to other leisure activities is
also assessed.
The findings of this study suggest that the architectural theme and symbols as well as the
marketing campaigns employed by the SugarMill casino have been successful in attracting
gamblers to the casino because the majority of respondents have visited the casino and gambled there. Whilst gambling is not the main leisure activity that respondents engage in, it
is certainly a significant form of leisure since forty-eight percent of the sample cited
gambling as their main leisure activity. Reasons for this vary but contribut ing factors include
the accessibility of the casino in close proximity to their homes as well as the general lack of
a variety of recreational alternatives in Phoenix. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.
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Competitiveness and social redress at the Monte Vista Hollywood, and Sugar Mill casinos in KwaZulu Natal.Raghubir, Sharlema. January 2001 (has links)
Organisations in South Africa are facing many local and global pressures for
reconfiguration through various interventions that encourage global integration and
competitiveness, and simultaneously aim to promote social redress and empowerment of
the previously disadvantaged in the region. Organisations are required to achieve global
competitiveness and economic success, as well as simultaneously allow for redistribution.
The aim of the research reported on here, was to explore the influences of local and
global trends on the structures and practices of organisations. Questions were asked
about the imperatives behind these dynamics specifically those of global competitiveness
and local redress, as well as the feasibility of realising these apparently contradictory
demands. This was done through a case study of the Monte Vista Hollywood and Sugar
Mill Casinos in KwaZulu-Natal, and a comparison with U.S. Indian Reservation casinos.
The research findings showed that the responses to the global pressures of
competitiveness and local pressures of social redress used by the two casinos, were at
times contradictory, questioning whether the industry would have the envisaged positive
impacts of economic growth and social redistribution. However, clear answers to these
were not forthcoming due to the lack of reliable information, suggesting further research
into the topic. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.
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