High stakes
Subtitle: the rising cost of America's gambling addiction
By: Sam Skolnik
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780807006290
Subjects: Gambling industry; Gambling; Compulsive gambling
Description: Examines the impact of legalized gambling on American culture, describing the appeal of legalized gambling as a tool for politicians to raise revenues and create jobs, discussing a rise in gambling addictions, and explaining how gambling addiction can lead to higher indebtedness and increased amounts of divorces, suicides, and gambling-related crime.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: The other gambling addicts: the states; title: Welcome to Las Vegas, problem gambling capital of the world; title: The Asian connection; title: The rise of the poker junkie; title: The online fix; title: Evolving science, questionable research; title: A federal role, and a look forward.