You Bet Your Life : The Burdens of Gambling /

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We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor -- play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isaacs, Neil D., 1931-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Compulsive gambling.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Compulsive Behavior.
Jeux de hasard > Comportement compulsif.
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders > therapy
Behavior, Addictive > therapy
Gambling > psychology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor -- play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambling poses serious risks to individuals and to society as a whole.Neil Isaacs -- sports historian, licensed clinical social worker, English professor, and a gambler himself for more than fifty years -- seeks to shatter the myths interfering with our understanding of gambling addiction, its causes, an.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780813157771

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