How the South Joined the Gambling Nation : The Politics of State Policy Innovation /

A national map of legalized gambling from 1963 would show one state, Nevada, with casino gambling and no states with lotteries. Today's map shows eleven commercial casino states, most of them along the Mississippi River, forty-two states with state-owned lotteries, and racetrack betting, slot-m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Michael, 1949-
Other Authors: Mason, John Lyman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gambling > Government policy.
Gambling.
Jeux de hasard > États-Unis (Sud)
Jeux de hasard > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis (Sud)
Gambling > Southern States.
Gambling > Government policy > Southern States.
Southern States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the South joins the gambling nation
  • Mississippi: casinos come south
  • Georgia: politics and hope
  • South Carolina: "we just luuuvv South Carolinians playing our lottery"
  • Alabama: the governor, the churches, and the "sin legislator"
  • Tennessee: "let the people decide"
  • Arkansas: politics gets wacky
  • Louisiana: the place where "gaming" isn't "gambling"
  • Conclusion: why the South joined the gambling nation.

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