RT Book
T1 High stakes: the rising cost of America's gambling addiction
A1 Skolnik, Sam
LA English
PP Boston
PB Beacon Press
YR 2011
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1612402437
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6715
SN 9780807006290
K1 Gambling : United States
K1 Compulsive gambling : Social aspects : United States
K1 Gambling industry : United States
K1 USA : Spielsucht : Soziale Kosten