Global gambling
Subtitle: cultural perspectives on gambling organizations
By: edited by Sytze F. Kingma.
Contributors: Kingma, Sytze, 1960-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415996778
Subjects: Gambling -- Cross-cultural studies; Gambling -- Case studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A question of money? : the founding of two finnish gambling monopolies / Riitta Matilainen; title: Into the zone : innovating in the Australian poker machine industry / Richard Woolley and Charles Livingstone; title: Gambling with development : comparing casino legalization in South Africa with Indian gambling in California / Jeffrey J. Sallaz; title: Ethnography in a casino : social dynamics at blackjack tables / Richard A. Marksbury; title: Making friends, making money : Macau's traditional VIP casino system / Wuyi Wang and Peter Zabielskis; title: Dutch casino space : the spatial construction of pleasure / Sytze F. Kingma; title: "You could become a millionaire" : truth, deception, and imagination in gambling advertising / Per Binde; title: Balancing rules : gambling consumption at home / Anita Borch; title: Subjects in a state : cultural economies of gambling / Fiona Nicoll.