Setting Limits: Gambling, Science and Public Policy

by Janne Nikkinen, Jenny Cisneros Ornberg, Michael Egerer, et al.

Book Overview

Commercial gambling is a recent historical phenomenon. It has developed into a profitable industry that supplies a range of recreational activities to its customers, and is a significant way of collecting money from players to distribute to companies, state budgets, and other beneficiaries. Many of these are civil society organizations, using the money for producing services in sports, culture, social work, and health care. However, gambling can also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198817320
• ISBN13: 9780198817321
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"