TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barker,Thomas
AU  - Britz,Marjie
TI  - Jokers wild: legalized gambling in the twenty-first century 
SN  - 9780313002441
AV  - HV6715 .B37 2000eb
U1  - 795/.0973 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Gambling
KW  - United States
KW  - Jeux de hasard
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - GAMES
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction --; 2; Where are we now? : gambling today --; Extent and nature of legal gambling --; Conclusion --; 3; New wine in old bottles --; The colonists --; Nineteenth-century gambling --; Conclusion --; 4; Sin, vice, and gangsters --; New York casinos --; Gambling as a business : organized crime --; Conclusion --; 5; Gambling as a legitimate industry --; The phantom arrives --; William F. Harrah of Reno --; Las; Vegas : adult Disney World --; Atlantic City : gambling on the Boardwalk --; Conclusion --; 6; The dam bursts : Indian gambling and gambling vessels --; The red man enters --; Roll 'em on the river : return of the riverboats? --; Conclusion --; 7; Gambling-lotteries : state-run games of chance --; Nature and extent --; Permission : you may --; The games people play : the modern lottery --; Please do : advertising --; 8; 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 --; 9; 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 --; 10; Effects on special populations --; Youth gambling --; College gambling --; Senior citizens gambling --; Women --; 11; Effects on communities --; He says : the American Gaming Association --; She says : anti-gambling activist --; Conclusion --; 12; Enter the Federal Commission --; Introduction --; 1996 National Gambling Impact Study Commission --; Commission recommendations --; Conclusion --; 13; Enough is enough --; Introduction --; Market saturation --; Competition --; Gambling-lotteries --; Convenience/neighborhood gambling --; Further signs of trouble --; Conclusion
N2  - 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
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