Gangsters to Governors : The New Bosses of Gambling in America /

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"As legalized gambling continues its march across America, governors are in the curious position of managing enterprises that had long been the dominion of gangsters. Their current embrace of gambling is a reversal of the traditional view that gambling needed to be suppressed for the good of so...

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Autor principal: Clary, David, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
State governments.
Politics and government.
Gambling > Political aspects.
Gambling > Government policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > United States > 21st Century.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > State & Provincial.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Jeux de hasard > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Jeux de hasard > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
State governments > United States > History.
Gambling > Political aspects > United States > History.
Gambling > Government policy > United States > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Politics and government.
Internet resources.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • Prologue: Bad Bet
  • Part I: Dens of Thieves
  • Chapter 1: The Sport of Kings
  • Chapter 2: Golden Ticket
  • Chapter 3: State of Play
  • Chapter 4: Mob Scene
  • Chapter 5: Enemy Within
  • Chapter 6: Vegas, Inc.
  • Part II: All In
  • Chapter 7: Siren Song
  • Chapter 8: Betting on a Boom
  • Chapter 9: Rise of the Tribes
  • Chapter 10: A Tangled Web
  • Chapter 11: Games without Frontiers
  • Epilogue: Double or Nothing
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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