Jokers wild : legalized gambling in the twenty-first century /
Barker, Thomas.
Jokers wild : legalized gambling in the twenty-first century / Thomas Barker and Marjie Britz. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000. - 1 online resource (vii, 224 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Where are we now? : gambling today -- Extent and nature of legal gambling -- Conclusion -- New wine in old bottles -- The colonists -- Nineteenth-century gambling -- Conclusion -- Sin, vice, and gangsters -- New York casinos -- Gambling as a business : organized crime -- Conclusion -- Gambling as a legitimate industry -- The phantom arrives -- William F. Harrah of Reno -- Vegas : adult Disney World -- Atlantic City : gambling on the Boardwalk -- Conclusion -- The dam bursts : Indian gambling and gambling vessels -- The red man enters -- Roll 'em on the river : return of the riverboats? -- Conclusion -- Gambling-lotteries : state-run games of chance -- Nature and extent -- Permission : you may -- The games people play : the modern lottery -- Please do : advertising -- The web of gambling -- What is the Internet? -- Regulating the web -- Action by the states -- Action by the Federal government -- The business of online wagering -- Conclusion -- Intellectualizing the action : why people gamble -- Compulsive gambling -- Pathological gambling -- Emerging definitions -- Square pegs in round holes : gambling theories -- Treatment models -- Benefiting from people's addictions -- Conclusions -- Effects on special populations -- Youth gambling -- College gambling -- Senior citizens gambling -- Women -- Effects on communities -- He says : the American Gaming Association -- She says : anti-gambling activist -- Conclusion -- Enter the Federal Commission -- Introduction -- 1996 National Gambling Impact Study Commission -- Commission recommendations -- Conclusion -- Enough is enough -- Introduction -- Market saturation -- Competition -- Gambling-lotteries -- Convenience/neighborhood gambling -- Further signs of trouble -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Las 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
A history and analysis of gambling in the United States from Bingo to state lotteries to Indian gaming and the rise of Las Vegas. The book reveals how America has become a nation of gamblers and what the future holds for the gambling industry.
English.
9780313002441 (electronic bk.) 0313002444 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper)
Gambling--United States.
Jeux de hasard--États-Unis.
GAMES--Gambling--General.
Gambling.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV6715 / .B37 2000eb
795/.0973
Jokers wild : legalized gambling in the twenty-first century / Thomas Barker and Marjie Britz. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000. - 1 online resource (vii, 224 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Where are we now? : gambling today -- Extent and nature of legal gambling -- Conclusion -- New wine in old bottles -- The colonists -- Nineteenth-century gambling -- Conclusion -- Sin, vice, and gangsters -- New York casinos -- Gambling as a business : organized crime -- Conclusion -- Gambling as a legitimate industry -- The phantom arrives -- William F. Harrah of Reno -- Vegas : adult Disney World -- Atlantic City : gambling on the Boardwalk -- Conclusion -- The dam bursts : Indian gambling and gambling vessels -- The red man enters -- Roll 'em on the river : return of the riverboats? -- Conclusion -- Gambling-lotteries : state-run games of chance -- Nature and extent -- Permission : you may -- The games people play : the modern lottery -- Please do : advertising -- The web of gambling -- What is the Internet? -- Regulating the web -- Action by the states -- Action by the Federal government -- The business of online wagering -- Conclusion -- Intellectualizing the action : why people gamble -- Compulsive gambling -- Pathological gambling -- Emerging definitions -- Square pegs in round holes : gambling theories -- Treatment models -- Benefiting from people's addictions -- Conclusions -- Effects on special populations -- Youth gambling -- College gambling -- Senior citizens gambling -- Women -- Effects on communities -- He says : the American Gaming Association -- She says : anti-gambling activist -- Conclusion -- Enter the Federal Commission -- Introduction -- 1996 National Gambling Impact Study Commission -- Commission recommendations -- Conclusion -- Enough is enough -- Introduction -- Market saturation -- Competition -- Gambling-lotteries -- Convenience/neighborhood gambling -- Further signs of trouble -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Las 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
A history and analysis of gambling in the United States from Bingo to state lotteries to Indian gaming and the rise of Las Vegas. The book reveals how America has become a nation of gamblers and what the future holds for the gambling industry.
English.
9780313002441 (electronic bk.) 0313002444 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper)
Gambling--United States.
Jeux de hasard--États-Unis.
GAMES--Gambling--General.
Gambling.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV6715 / .B37 2000eb
795/.0973