Regulating commercial gambling : past, present, and future /
Miers, David.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2004.
David Miers examines the regulation of gambling in Great Britain and explores the provisions and implications of the Gambling Bill, published in draft form in 2003. His analysis encompasses the three primary forms of gambling: lotteries, betting and gaming.
Gaming in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Gaming in the early nineteenth century : the Gaming Act 1845 -- Gaming in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Gaming machines : the challenge of new technology -- The rise and fall of the state lottery : the state lotteries 1694-1826 -- The re-emergence of private and semi-private lotteries : 1823-1922 -- From the local to the national : the re-emergence of the public lottery -- Betting and bookmaking : social class and the racecourse bookmaker -- Street betting : enacting prohibition -- Street betting : prohibition and its consequences -- Going to the dogs : gambling, leisure, and the Home Office -- The social and economic regulation of commercial gambling : a model -- The regulation of commercial gambling -- The regulation of the national lottery -- The implementation of the national lottery : concerns and consequences -- Deregulation and structural change.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-530) and index.
David Miers examines the regulation of gambling in Great Britain and explores the provisions and implications of the Gambling Bill, published in draft form in 2003. His analysis encompasses the three primary forms of gambling: lotteries, betting and gaming.
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Gambling
Lotteries
Gambling
Gambling