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