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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barker, Thomas
Otros Autores: Britz, Marjie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
Temas:
Gambling > United States.
Jeux de hasard > États-Unis.
GAMES > Gambling > General.
Gambling
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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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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