TY - BOOK N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - High stakes :the rising cost of America's gambling addiction / DA - c2011. CY - Boston : AU - Skolnik, Sam, CN - HV6715 CN - HV6715 PB - Beacon Press, PP - Boston : PY - c2011. ID - 433587 KW - Gambling KW - Compulsive gambling KW - Gambling industry SN - 9780807006290 (alk. paper) SN - 0807006297 (alk. paper) TI - High stakes :the rising cost of America's gambling addiction / ER -