This book is an attempt to provide better information on which to base future decisions on the role of gambling in society. It includes numerous chapters realting to basic research on gambling's social, psychological and economic implications.

Part One: THE LEGALIZATION OF GAMBLING

1. Gambling: Historical Highlights and Trends and their Implications for Contemporary Society - Darrell W. Bolen

2. The Legalization of Gambling in the United States: An Analysis and Forecast - Duane V. Burke

3. Some Observations on Legalized Gambling - William R. Eadington

4. Sports, Technology, and Gambling - Richard J. Schuetz, Jr.

Part Two: THE ECONOMICS OF GAMBLING

1. The Economics of Gambling - George Ignatin and Robert F. Smith

2. Economic Rationality, Psychology and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty - Theodore Tsukahara, Jr. and Harold J. Brumm, Jr.

3. The Market for Pro Football Betting - Michael E. Canes

4. Economic Aspects of Nevada's Gaming Industry - William R. Eadington

5. The Business of Gaming: An Insider's View - J. George Drews

6. Profitability and Behavior of the Gaming Industry Relative to the Stock Market - James J. Noel and Stuart E. Curtis

Part Three: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GAMBLING

1. The Propensity to Gamble: Some Structural Determinants - Wen Lang Li and Martin H. Smith

2. Motivations to Gamble: The Model of Roger Caillois - Robert D. Herman

3. Gambling, A Positive View - Felicia Florine Campbell

4. Alienation from Work: A Study of Casino Card Dealers - Ronald W. Smith, Frederick W. Preston and Harry L. Humphries

Part Four: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GAMBLING

1. How Gambling Saved Me from a Misspent Sabbatical - Igor Kusyszyn

2. Who Wants to be a Professional Gambler? - David P. Campbell

3. A Functional Analysis of Gambling Behavior - Terry J. Knapp

4. Searching for the Motivations in Risk Taking and Gambling - Eric S. Knowles

5. Individual Differences in Casino Gambling - D. Michael Kuhlman

6. Risk-Taking in the Presence of Others: Blackjack in the Laboratory and in the Field - G. P. Ginsburg, James J. Blascovich and Rene' C. Howe

7. Compulsive Gambling and the Conscious Mood Perspective - Tomas Martinez

8. Excitement: The Gambler's Drug - William H. Boyd

Part Five: THE MATHEMATICS OF GAMBLING

1. Optimum Strategy in Blackjack - A New Analysis - Edward Gordon

2. Nonlinear Programming, Simulation and Gambling Theory Applied to Blackjack - James N. Hanson

3. The Rate of Gain in Player Expectation for Card Games Characterized by Sampling Without Replacement and an Evaluation of Card Counting Systems - Peter A. Griffin

4. Probabilities And Strategies For The Game Of Faro - Edward O. Thorp