Author: Peter ReuterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book-making (Betting)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Illegal Gambling in New York
Author: Peter ReuterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book-making (Betting)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Report of an Inquiry Concerning Illegal Gambling Activities in the Vicinity of a "social Club" in the Bronx, New York City, and the Effectiveness of Gambling Law Enforcement in Connection Therewith
Author: New York (State). Temporary Commission of InvestigationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Report to the Governor
Author: New York State Task Force on Casino GamblingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Casinos
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Illegal Gambling in New York
Author: Peter ReuterSyndicated Gambling in New York State
Author: New York (State). Temporary Commission of InvestigationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Increased Legal Gambling in New York
Author: Hudson InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Running the Numbers
Author: Matthew VazPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022669044X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Every day in the United States, people test their luck in numerous lotteries, from state-run games to massive programs like Powerball and Mega Millions. Yet few are aware that the origins of today’s lotteries can be found in an African American gambling economy that flourished in urban communities in the mid-twentieth century. In Running the Numbers, Matthew Vaz reveals how the politics of gambling became enmeshed in disputes over racial justice and police legitimacy. As Vaz highlights, early urban gamblers favored low-stakes games built around combinations of winning numbers. When these games became one of the largest economic engines in nonwhite areas like Harlem and Chicago’s south side, police took notice of the illegal business—and took advantage of new opportunities to benefit from graft and other corrupt practices. Eventually, governments found an unusual solution to the problems of illicit gambling and abusive police tactics: coopting the market through legal state-run lotteries, which could offer larger jackpots than any underground game. By tracing this process and the tensions and conflicts that propelled it, Vaz brilliantly calls attention to the fact that, much like education and housing in twentieth-century America, the gambling economy has also been a form of disputed terrain upon which racial power has been expressed, resisted, and reworked.
Pathological Gambling
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309065712
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
As states have moved from merely tolerating gambling to running their own games, as communities have increasingly turned to gambling for an economic boost, important questions arise. Has the new age of gambling increased the proportion of pathological or problem gamblers in the U.S. population? Where is the threshold between "social betting" and pathology? Is there a real threat to our families, communities, and the larger society? Pathological Gambling explores America's experience of gambling, examining: The diverse and frequently controversial issues surrounding the definition of pathological gambling. Its co-occurrence with disorders such as alcoholism, drug abuse, and depression. Its social characteristics and economic consequences, both good and bad, for communities. The role of video gaming, Internet gambling, and other technologies in the development of gambling problems. Treatment approaches and their effectiveness, from Gambler's Anonymous to cognitive therapy to pharmacology. This book provides the most up-to-date information available on the prevalence of pathological and problem gambling in the United States, including a look at populations that may have a particular vulnerability to gambling: women, adolescents, and minority populations. Its describes the effects of problem gambling on families, friendships, employment, finances, and propensity to crime. How do pathological gamblers perceive and misperceive randomness and chance? What are the causal pathways to pathological gambling? What do genetics, brain imaging, and other studies tell us about the biology of gambling? Is there a bit of sensation-seeking in all of us? Who needs treatment? What do we know about the effectiveness of different policies for dealing with pathological gambling? The book reviews the available facts and frames the intriguing questions yet to be answered. Pathological Gambling will be the odds-on favorite for anyone interested in gambling in America: policymakers, public officials, economics and social researchers, treatment professionals, and concerned gamblers and their families.
Illegal Gambling in New York
Author: Peter ReuterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crimes without victims
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Legal Gambling in New York
Author: Fund for the City of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description