Gambling
Subtitle: what's at stake?
By: Stephen Meyer
Series: Information Plus reference series; Information Plus reference series
Publisher: Gale
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9781414482675; 9781414481418
Subjects: Gambling; Casinos
Description: Presents in-depth information on how casino gambling, sports gambling, lotteries, and Internet gambling work, provides up-to-date financial data for each, and discusses the effects of these and other gambling activities on the communities in which they take place. Also discussed are American attitudes toward gambling.
Notes: "ISSN: 1543-4915."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Gambling in the United States : an overview; title: 2. Supply and demand : who offers gambling? Who gambles?; title: 3. An introduction to casinos; title: 4. Commercial casinos; title: 5. Native American tribal casinos; title: 6. The economic and social effects of casinos; title: 7. Lotteries; title: 8. Sports gambling; title: 9. Internet gambling.