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Jokers wild : legalized gambling in the twenty-first century / Thomas Barker and Marjie Britz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barker, Thomas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gambling--United States.
- Gambling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A history and analysis of gambling in the United States from Bingo to state lotteries to Indian gaming and the rise of Las Vegas. The book reveals how America has become a nation of gamblers and what the future holds for the gambling industry.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Where Are We Now Gambling Today; 3 New Wine in Old Bottles; 4 Sin Vice and Gangsters; 5 Gambling as a Legitimate Industry; 6 The Dam Bursts: Indian Gambling and Gambling; 7 Gambling Lotteries State Run Games of Chance; 8 The Web of Gambling; 9 Intellectualizing the Action Why People Gamble; 10 Effects on Special Populations; 11 Effects on Communities; 12 Enter the Federal Commission; 13 Enough Is Enough; Appendix A Nature of the Industry; Appendix B Study Commission; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400674785
- 9780313002441
- 0313002444
- OCLC:
- 55141453
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