Gambling Cultures (Culture)

✍ Scribed by Jan Mcmillen

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A study of modern gambling as it has emerged as a commercial industry, which analyzes the ambiguous relationship between morality and risk taking and examines the contradictory stances of governments.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 8
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 11
1 UNDERSTANDING GAMBLING......Page 16
2 GAMBLING AND THE LEGALISATION OF VICE......Page 50
3 SOCIAL EVIL OR SOCIAL GOOD?......Page 70
4 ILLEGAL BETTING IN BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA......Page 89
5 WHEN IT’S BAD IT’S BETTER......Page 103
6 REPRESENTATIONS OF GAMBLING IN AUSTRALIAN POPULAR CULTURE......Page 117
7 BINGO IN BRITAIN......Page 135
8 WHY ‘SLOTS’ EQUALS ‘GRIND’ IN ANY LANGUAGE......Page 150
9 GAMBLING IN CAMEROON AND SENEGAL......Page 163
10 THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN THE EXPANSION AND GROWTH OF COMMERCIAL GAMBLING IN THE USA......Page 174
11 A SIGN OF THE TIMES......Page 192
12 THE MEDICALISATION OF GAMBLING AS AN ‘ADDICTION’......Page 214
13 ETHICAL AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE SPREAD OF COMMERCIAL GAMBLING......Page 232
14 FROM GLAMOUR TO GRIND......Page 250
15 OBJECTIVES AND SYSTEMS IN THE REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL GAMBLING......Page 273
INDEX......Page 295