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Crowd Control Strategies in Casinos in Lagos State, Nigeria

Abstract

A casino is a recreation center, one of our society's leisure amenities. Therefore, a casino is a public location where guests can play various games of chance and gambling to entertain themselves. From previous reviews as shown in the study, casinos ought to have various crowd control strategies available to avert the risks associated with overcrowding. However, it depends on how effective the designers and other building professionals are willing to implement these strategies to make the building more conducive. The study examined crowd control strategies in recreational facilities in Lagos state, Nigeria, with a view to understanding why these facilities were created for maximum profit returns, over the safety of the users. To achieve this, a structured questionnaire was used for data collection, and a descriptive approach was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that the grand mean value of 4.57 was more significant than the cut-off mean value of 3.5, indicating that measures implemented for crowd control in the casino were ineffective. The findings imply that the crowd control strategies implemented have less effect on casino users. Thus, inadequate provision of crowd control strategies puts users at potential risk in the casinos. Casinos should provide safety measures by design from the onset or as a precaution after establishment.

Country : Nigeria

1 Kindness E. Etu2 Taiwo E. Adebakin3 Orekan A. Atinuke4 Ajiro S. Akugha

  1. Department of Architecture, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
  2. Department of Estate Management, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
  3. Department of Architecture, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
  4. Department of Architecture, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

IRJIET, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2024 pp. 105-112

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2024.801014

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