ISBN:
9780807006290
Language:
English
Pages:
xxvi, 222 S.
DDC:
362.2/5
Keywords:
Gambling
;
Compulsive gambling Social aspects
;
Gambling industry
;
USA
;
Spielsucht
;
Soziale Kosten
Abstract:
Examines the impact of legalized gambling on American culture, describing the appeal of legalized gambling as a tool for politicians to raise revenues and create jobs, discussing a rise in gambling addictions, and explaining how gambling addiction can lead to higher indebtedness and increased amounts of divorces, suicides, and gambling-related crime
Description / Table of Contents:
The other gambling addicts: the states -- Welcome to Las Vegas, problem gambling capital of the world -- The Asian connection -- The rise of the poker junkie -- The online fix -- Evolving science, questionable research -- A federal role, and a look forward.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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