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Autorentext
THOMAS BARKER is Professor of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at Eastern Kentucky University./e He has been a participant and researcher of gambling for over 30 years. He is the author of six books on criminal justice topics and 25 articles. MARJIE BRITZ is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the Citadel./e She has authored or co-authored several books and articles on topics ranging from police pursuit to theories of gambling behavior.

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt
Introduction Where Are We Now? Gambling Today New Wine in Old Bottles Sin, Vice, and Gangsters Gambling as a Legitimate Industry The Dam Bursts: Indian Gambling and Gambling Vessels Gambling-Lotteries: State-Run Games of Chance The Web of Gambling Intellectualizing the Action: Why People Gamble Effects on Special Populations Effects on Communities Enter the Federal Commission Enough Is Enough Appendix A: Nature of the Industry Appendix B: NGISC Recommendations

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