An edition of The luck business (1995)

The luck business

the devastating consequences and broken promises of America's gambling explosion

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The luck business
Goodman, Robert
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An edition of The luck business (1995)

The luck business

the devastating consequences and broken promises of America's gambling explosion

1st Free Press Paperbacks ed.

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A scathing indictment of legalized gambling, the fastest-growing multi-state industry in America. Documents how gambling is the cause of myriad economic and social problems for the very community that looked to it as a panacea. Demolishes the false hopes held out by the merchants of chance.

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Free Press Paperbacks
Language
English
Pages
273

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Subjects
Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Gambling, Gambling, Government policy, Business, Gambling, government policy
Places
United States

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The luck business: the devastating consequences and broken promises of America's gambling explosion
1996, Free Press Paperbacks
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1995, Free Press
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Table of Contents

The new landscape of luck
The new gambling economy: convenient gambling, inconvenient results
Who plays and who pays?
The politics of more gambling: who wants it and how do they get it?
Chaser governments: the accidental gambling entrepreneurs
Tribal gambling enterprises: issues of sovereignty and economic need
McGambling: electronic betting and the future of the industry
The government as predator: a troubling new role in troubled economies
Fiscal crises: the legacy of convenience gambling
The good gamble: more play for the money.

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"Martin Kessler Books."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-251) and index.

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Other Titles
Devastating consequences and broken promises of America's gambling explosion

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Pagination
xiv, 273 p. ;
Number of pages
273

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OL22860839M
ISBN 10
0684831821
ISBN 13
9780684831824
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3496749
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2348896

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