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245 10 a| Gambling for profith| [electronic resource] :b| lotteries, gaming machines, and casinos in cross-national focus /c| Kerry G.E. Chambers.;

260 a| Toronto :b| University of Toronto Press,;

300 a| xvi, 279 p. :b| ill. ;c| 24 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The Emergence of Gambling within a Historically Contingent Framework -- Gambling for Profit in the Welfare Regimes -- Casinos in Australia, Canada, and the United States -- Lotteries and Gaming Machines in Australia, Canada, and the United States -- Historical Contingency in Political Economic and Sociocultural Contexts.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Over the past forty years, Western governments have increasingly liberalized and deregulated gambling, which is now used to deliver state revenues and commercial profit in many jurisdictions. Gambling for Profit is a cross-national history of the emergence of legal gambling, including lotteries, gaming machines, and casinos.;

520 a| Gambling for Profit is unique among studies of gambling's twentieth-century growth thanks to Kerry G.E. Chambers's strong analytical framework - investigating not only the political aspects of legalization, but also the sociocultural factors that influence popular adoption. Chambers provides a useful chronological examination of the electronic gambling phenomenon, as well as comparative data on dates of introduction and revenues across twenty-three countries. Gambling for Profit provides a dynamic model to explore the legalization of gambling and stresses the inadequacy of seeking universal explanations for gambling's entrenchment within particular cultures."--pub. desc.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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650 0 a| Gamblingx| Social aspects.=| ^A39283;

650 0 a| Gamblingx| Government policy.=| ^A39283;

650 0 a| Gamblingx| Economic aspects.=| ^A39283;

650 6 a| Jeux de hasardv| Études transculturelles.;

650 6 a| Jeux de hasardx| Aspect social.;

650 6 a| Jeux de hasardx| Politique gouvernementale.;

650 6 a| Jeux de hasardx| Aspect économique.;

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Gambling for profit lotteries, gaming machines, and casinos in cross-national focus / Kerry G.E. Chambers.

Author/creator	Chambers, Kerry, 1958-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Toronto : University of Toronto Press,
Description	xvi, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Gambling--Cross-cultural studies. Gambling--Social aspects. Gambling--Government policy. Gambling--Economic aspects. Jeux de hasard--Études transculturelles. Jeux de hasard--Aspect social. Jeux de hasard--Politique gouvernementale. Jeux de hasard--Aspect économique.

Contents	The Emergence of Gambling within a Historically Contingent Framework -- Gambling for Profit in the Welfare Regimes -- Casinos in Australia, Canada, and the United States -- Lotteries and Gaming Machines in Australia, Canada, and the United States -- Historical Contingency in Political Economic and Sociocultural Contexts.
Abstract	"Over the past forty years, Western governments have increasingly liberalized and deregulated gambling, which is now used to deliver state revenues and commercial profit in many jurisdictions. Gambling for Profit is a cross-national history of the emergence of legal gambling, including lotteries, gaming machines, and casinos.
Abstract	Gambling for Profit is unique among studies of gambling's twentieth-century growth thanks to Kerry G.E. Chambers's strong analytical framework - investigating not only the political aspects of legalization, but also the sociocultural factors that influence popular adoption. Chambers provides a useful chronological examination of the electronic gambling phenomenon, as well as comparative data on dates of introduction and revenues across twenty-three countries. Gambling for Profit provides a dynamic model to explore the legalization of gambling and stresses the inadequacy of seeking universal explanations for gambling's entrenchment within particular cultures."--pub. desc.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012359390
ISBN	9781442641891
ISBN	1442641894

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