@article{433587, author = {Skolnik, Sam,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/433587}, title = {High stakes : the rising cost of America's gambling addiction /}, publisher = {Beacon Press,}, 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.}, recid = {433587}, pages = {xxvi, 222 p. ;}, address = {Boston :}, year = {2011}, }