Risky Business: America's Fascination with Gambling (Paperback)

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Ronald Pavalko's unbiased, impeccably researched book explores the societal, economic, and personal ramifications of gambling, enabling your students to make informed personal, as well as public policy choices, on gambling-related issues. Following an overview of relevant popular, scholarly, and therapeutic literature, the author examines sociological perspectives on gambling and the history of gambling in the United States from Colonial times through the new millenium. He explores the economic impact of legal gambling at both the national and local levels, and then turns to the roles that legislatures, courts, administrative agencies, and voters play in legalizing or criminalizing gambling.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 1 edition (October 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830415262
• ISBN-13: 978-0830415267
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,063,743 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read., November 6, 2001

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Professor Pavalko has written an excellent overview for those who know gambling and for those who want to learn about this hidden addiction. From looking at the historic roots to the future, he is able to take a complex issue and put it into an extremely readable format. I had a hard time puting it down before I finished.