Gambling for profit : lotteries, gaming machines, and casinos in cross-national focus /

"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 lotterie...

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Main Author:	Chambers, Kerry, 1958-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2011]
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.