Legalized Gambling

by David M. Haugen

Book Overview

Since the late 1980s, legalized gambling has spread from Las Vegas and Atlantic City to Native American reservations to the Internet. This anthology traces the growth of gambling in the United States and explores many of the controversial issues that surround its ubiquity and popularity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737724617
• ISBN13: 9780737724615
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

An excellent reference to the diverse issues surrounding the legal aspects of gambling

Legalized Gambling by David M. Haugen is an excellent reference to the diverse issues surrounding the legal aspects of gambling. Providing a complete chronology of important events, a glossary of terms, bibliographical listings, and a comprehensive index, Legalized Gambling offers readers a compendium of the essential information relevant to the complex workings of gaming casinos, the legal premises of gambling, ethical questions and analysis of gambling, and a great deal more useful, critically important information. With the increasing popularity and availability of gambling in America today, Legalized Gambling is very strongly recommended for all readers as a thorough guide to the manifold issues of gambling and its history in America.