Legalized gambling
By: Paul Ruschmann.
Series: Point/counterpoint series
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780791098356
Subjects: Gambling -- Social aspects -- United States; Gambling -- Economic aspects -- United States; Gambling -- United States -- States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: gambling in America; title: Point. Gambling is harmful to society; title: Counterpoint. Gambling prohibition does more harm than good; title: Point. Legalized gambling has adverse economic and political consequences; title: Counterpoint. Legalized gambing benefits states and communities; title: Point. Government promotion of gambling is bad policy; title: Counterpoint. Government policy has made gambling less harmful; title: The future of legalized gambling.