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Books on: gambling history

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    Jokers Wild: Legalized Gambling in the Twenty-First Century
    Book by Thomas Barker, Marjie Britz; Praeger, 2000
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    A history and analysis of gambling in the United States from bingo to state lotteries to Indian gaming and the rise of Las Vegas, this book reveals how we have become a nation of gamblers and what the future holds for the gambling industry. From the colonial era to the present, Americans have ...
     
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    Gambling and the Public Interest
    Book by Peter Collins; Praeger, 2003
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    ...precontemporary (i.e., pre-1990s) history of gambling is well recounted in...Jarrolds,1962). For a history rich in sociological insight about gambling in the United States...Occasionally, in the history of gambling regulation, governments...
     
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    Gambling Today
    Book by David Lester; Charles C Thomas, 1979
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    ...million a year is spent by illegal gambling interests for bribes, payoffs...Jonathan Rubenstein, had a long history. In older cities that may be...next explanation. An individuals history at gambling, especially the memory of an early...
     
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    State Lotteries and Legalized Gambling: Painless Revenue or Painful Mirage
    Book by Richard McGowan; Quorum Books, 1994
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    Lotteries and state-sponsored gambling is big business. This is the first study that evaluates the business strategies of state lotteries on two fronts. First, it examines which of the lottery strategies produces the most consistent source of revenue for the state. Second, it analyzes possible ...
     
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    From Prohibition to Regulation: Bookmaking, Anti-Gambling, and the Law
    Book by David Dixon; Clarendon Press, 1991
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    The policing of illegal betting and bookmaking was a major issue in relations between police and working-class people until 1960, when betting shops were legalized in England and Wales. This ended an attempt to discriminate legally against cash betting away from the racecourses, which had reached ...
     

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Journal Articles on: gambling history

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