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Jokers wild : legalized gambling in the twenty-first century /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Jokers wild : |b legalized gambling in the twenty-first century / |c Thomas Barker and Marjie Britz. |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1. |t Introduction -- |g 2. |t Where are we now? : gambling today -- |t Extent and nature of legal gambling -- |t Conclusion -- |g 3. |t New wine in old bottles -- |t The colonists -- |t Nineteenth-century gambling -- |t Conclusion -- |g 4. |t Sin, vice, and gangsters -- |t New York casinos -- |t Gambling as a business : organized crime -- |t Conclusion -- |g 5. |t Gambling as a legitimate industry -- |t The phantom arrives -- |t William F. Harrah of Reno -- |g Las |t Vegas : adult Disney World -- |t Atlantic City : gambling on the Boardwalk -- |t Conclusion -- |g 6. |t The dam bursts : Indian gambling and gambling vessels -- |t The red man enters -- |t Roll 'em on the river : return of the riverboats? -- |t Conclusion -- |g 7. |t Gambling-lotteries : state-run games of chance -- |t Nature and extent -- |t Permission : you may -- |t The games people play : the modern lottery -- |t Please do : advertising -- |g 8. |t The web of gambling -- |t What is the Internet? -- |t Regulating the web -- |t Action by the states -- |t Action by the Federal government -- |t The business of online wagering -- |t Conclusion -- |g 9. |t Intellectualizing the action : why people gamble -- |t Compulsive gambling -- |t Pathological gambling -- |t Emerging definitions -- |t Square pegs in round holes : gambling theories -- |t Treatment models -- |t Benefiting from people's addictions -- |t Conclusions -- |g 10. |t Effects on special populations -- |t Youth gambling -- |t College gambling -- |t Senior citizens gambling -- |t Women -- |g 11. |t Effects on communities -- |t He says : the American Gaming Association -- |t She says : anti-gambling activist -- |t Conclusion -- |g 12. |t Enter the Federal Commission -- |t Introduction -- |t 1996 National Gambling Impact Study Commission -- |t Commission recommendations -- |t Conclusion -- |g 13. |t Enough is enough -- |t Introduction -- |t Market saturation -- |t Competition -- |t Gambling-lotteries -- |t Convenience/neighborhood gambling -- |t Further signs of trouble -- |t Conclusion. |
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