Gambling in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Issues, and SocietyAn A-Z look at the history and impacts of gambling, including related legal, legislative, economic, and social issues.
The lottery games played in ancient Rome eventually traveled with settlers to the New World, where the Jamestown colonists enjoyed them. Casinos, too, existed during the Roman Empire, were reestablished during the Renaissance, and centuries later, flourished aboard Mississippi riverboats. The pervasiveness of gambling suggests that it serves some basic function for human societies, Thompson argues. Yet it can become a pathology for certain individuals and attract loan sharks, prostitutes, drug dealers, and organized crime.
- A chronology of significant events in the history of gambling from prehistory to the present day - The full text of 11 of the author's published articles on gambling - Reviews of more than 60 books in an extensive and thoroughly annotated bibliography |
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Contents
A | 1 |
Africa | 2 |
Alabama | 3 |
Alaska | 4 |
Antigua | 5 |
Arizona | 8 |
Arkansas | 9 |
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation | 10 |
Laughlin Don | 224 |
Lotteries | 225 |
Louisiana | 231 |
Louisiana Lottery Company | 233 |
M | 235 |
Manitoba | 236 |
Martinique | 237 |
McClellan Committees | 238 |
B | 13 |
The Bahamas | 15 |
Bennett Bill | 16 |
Bingo | 18 |
Binion Benny | 19 |
Blackjack | 22 |
Bolivia | 24 |
Boyd Sam | 27 |
Brazil | 28 |
British Columbia | 29 |
C | 33 |
Canada | 35 |
Canfield Richard | 36 |
Cards Playing | 37 |
Caribbean Casinos | 38 |
Cash Transaction Reports and Money Laundering | 40 |
Casino | 41 |
Casino Employees | 44 |
Casino Nights Las Vegas Nights | 46 |
Cheating Schemes | 49 |
Chile | 51 |
Chips Gambling | 54 |
Cockfighting | 55 |
Colombia | 56 |
Colorado | 60 |
Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling 19741976 | 61 |
Commission to Investigate Allegations of Police Corruption and the Citys AntiCorruption Procedures See The Knapp Commission | 63 |
Connecticut | 64 |
Craps and Other Dice Games Hazard | 66 |
Credit and Debts | 69 |
Crime and Gambling | 71 |
Cruise Ships | 76 |
Cuba | 79 |
D | 83 |
Dandolos Nick | 85 |
Davis John | 86 |
Demographic Categories of Players Gambling and Ethnicity | 87 |
Dog Racing | 93 |
Dominican Republic | 95 |
E | 99 |
Economics and Gambling | 105 |
The European Casino | 111 |
F | 119 |
Federal Lottery Laws | 120 |
The Federal Wire Act of 1961 | 122 |
G | 125 |
Gambling Pathological | 129 |
The Gambling Devices Acts the Johnson Act and Amendments | 143 |
Gambling on the High Seas the Laws of | 144 |
Gambling Systems | 145 |
Research and Political | 147 |
Gates John W | 155 |
Guadeloupe | 157 |
H | 159 |
Harrah William F | 161 |
Hawaii | 162 |
Hoffa Jimmy | 163 |
Honduras | 164 |
Horse Racing | 165 |
Housebanked Games | 188 |
Hughes Howard | 189 |
I | 193 |
Indiana | 195 |
Insurance and Gambling | 196 |
Internet Gambling | 197 |
The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 | 199 |
J | 201 |
Japan and Pachinko | 202 |
Jones Canada Bill | 205 |
K | 207 |
Kennedy Robert F | 209 |
Keno | 210 |
Kerkorian Kirk | 211 |
The Knapp Commission 19701972 | 213 |
L | 217 |
Las Vegas | 218 |
Mexico | 239 |
Minnesota | 241 |
Missouri | 244 |
Monaco | 245 |
Montana | 247 |
Moss Johnny | 248 |
N | 249 |
Contemporary | 252 |
Data | 258 |
Traditional | 260 |
Nebraska | 262 |
New Hampshire | 266 |
New Jersey and Atlantic City Casinos | 267 |
New Mexico | 270 |
New York | 271 |
North Carolina | 272 |
Nova Scotia | 274 |
O | 279 |
Ontario | 280 |
Oregon | 282 |
Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 | 283 |
Panama | 285 |
Paraguay | 287 |
Parimutuel Wagering Systems | 288 |
Pendleton Edward | 290 |
Pennsylvania | 291 |
Peru | 292 |
Poker | 293 |
Reassessing the Theory | 296 |
One Persons View | 304 |
Presidents Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice | 306 |
Presidents Commission on Organized Crime | 307 |
Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 | 309 |
Q | 311 |
R | 313 |
Red Dog | 316 |
Religion and Gambling | 317 |
Reno | 324 |
Rhode Island | 327 |
Roulette and Wheels of Fortune | 328 |
S | 335 |
Sawyer Grant | 337 |
Sex and Gambling in Nevada | 339 |
Siegel Benjamin | 342 |
Slot Machines and Machine Gambling A Personal Story | 344 |
South Carolina | 353 |
South Dakota | 354 |
Sports Betting | 355 |
The Stock Market | 368 |
Suriname | 371 |
T | 373 |
Tennessee | 376 |
Texas | 377 |
Thompson Titanic Alvin Clarence Thomas | 378 |
The Travel Act of 1961 | 379 |
Trump Donald John | 380 |
Two Up | 382 |
U | 383 |
Utah | 384 |
V | 385 |
Virginia | 386 |
W | 387 |
West Virginia | 389 |
Wisconsin | 390 |
Wynn Stephen Alan | 391 |
Wyoming | 395 |
Y | 397 |
ARTICLES | 399 |
MAJOR CASES | 415 |
GAMBLING TERMINOLOGY A BASIC GLOSSARY | 421 |
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 423 |
465 | |
CONTRIBUTORS | 481 |
485 | |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 509 |
Other editions - View all
Gambling in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Issues, and Society William Norman Thompson No preview available - 2001 |
Gambling in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Issues, and Society William N. Thompson No preview available - 2015 |