House of cards : the legalization and control of casino gambling

dc.contributor.author	Skolnick, Jerome H.
dc.date.accessioned	2005-02-11T16:48:49Z
dc.date.available	2005-02-11T16:48:49Z
dc.date.issued	1978
dc.description.abstract	The first chapter of this work begins with a discussion of whether gambling is play or pathology and considers alternative legal models for the social control of vice. The gambling casino is introduced from the player's point of view — as a house of stimulation, action, excitement. It is also considered from the manager's point of view — as a house of profit. After considering the casino as a social organization, the book offers three chapters on the history of this pariah industry, its search for revenue and respectability, and the growth of its legal controls. The remainder of the book considers control from the perspective of the agency carrying out its regulatory mandate. In conclusion, the book returns to a discussion of models in detail and compares England's control system with Nevada's.	en
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dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/9626
dc.identifier.isbn	0-316-79699-9
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/542
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Little, Brown	en
dc.subject	Gambling--Nevada	en
dc.subject	Gambling--Psychology	en
dc.subject	Gambling systems	en
dc.subject	Casinos	en
dc.subject.other	Gambling Literature
dc.title	House of cards : the legalization and control of casino gambling	en
dc.type	book	en