High Stakes The Rising Cost of America's Gambling Addiction

Name: High Stakes The Rising Cost of America's Gambling Addiction
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ISBN: 9780807006290

ISBN-10: 0807006297

ISBN-13: 9780807006290

Edition: 2011

Authors: Sam Skolnik

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America is fast becoming hooked on legalized gambling. It's become a $94 billion industry, now entrenched in all but two states. Revenues have shot up 70 percent in the last decade alone. Politicians and industry officials assert that gambling is an effective way to raise revenues and create jobs. But a hidden story needs to be told. Studies are showing that fast-rising numbers of addicted gamblers are causing higher indebtedness and bankruptcy rates, as well as increased divorces, suicides and gambling-related crime. As elected officials across the country are urging voters to expand gambling's reach, millions of Americans are being asked to decide: Are the benefits worth the costs?…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 7/5/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.23" wide x 9.28" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction A Gambler's Journey, and a Country's



The Other Gambling Addicts: The States



Welcome to Las Vegas, Problem Gambling Capital of the World



The Asian Connection



The Rise of the Poker junkie



The Online Fix



Evolving Science, Questionable Research



A Federal Role, and a Look Forward


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index