Jokers Wild
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Jokers Wild

Legalized Gambling in the Twenty-first Century

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Jokers Wild

Legalized Gambling in the Twenty-first Century

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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, this book reveals how we have become a nation of gamblers and what the future holds for the gambling industry. From the colonial era to the present, Americans have enjoyed a love-hate relationship with gambling. It is a pastime that has gone from sin to recreational activity, and an industry that has moved from control by organized crime to management by executives with MBAs. While gaming is one of the nation's fastest-growing industries, Barker and Britz predict that this process will slow or stop in the next century as the result of market saturation and unknown social and economic effects which loom over the glitz, glamour, and action. Providing the latest information on the nature and extent of legalized gambling in the United States, this study examines why we gamble and how the relative impact of the activity differs in certain segments of the population. Legalized gambling is, at best, problematic behavior with both good and bad consequences. State-sponsored gambling, both in the form of monopolistic lotteries and in tribal casinos, does to some extent call into question the proper role of the state or tribal nation in promoting a potentially harmful activity among its citizens. States that have looked to legalized gambling as a source of economic salvation may soon experience difficulties as gambling venues multiply and unregulated Internet gambling becomes more widespread.

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Publisher
Praeger
Year
2000
ISBN
9780313002441
Edition
1
Topic
Diritto
Subtopic
Teoria e pratica del diritto

Table of contents

  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Where Are We Now? Gambling Today
  3. 3. New Wine in Old Bottles
  4. 4. Sin, Vice, and Gangsters
  5. 5. Gambling as a Legitimate Industry
  6. 6. The Dam Bursts: Indian Gambling and Gambling Vessels
  7. 7. Gambling-Lotteries: State-Run Games of Chance
  8. 8. The Web of Gambling
  9. 9. Intellectualizing the Action: Why People Gamble
  10. 10. Effects on Special Populations
  11. 11. Effects on Communities
  12. 12. Enter the Federal Commission
  13. 13. Enough Is Enough
  14. Appendix A: Nature of the Industry
  15. Appendix B: Recommendations of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission
  16. Index