High stakes : the rising cost of America's gambling addiction / Sam Skolnik.
2011
HV6715 .S56 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
High stakes : the rising cost of America's gambling addiction / Sam Skolnik.
Author
Skolnik, Sam, 1966-
ISBN
9780807006290 (alk. paper)
0807006297 (alk. paper)
0807006297 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Boston : Beacon Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xxvi, 222 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HV6715 .S56 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.2/5
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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.