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High stakes : the rising cost of America's gambling addiction / Sam Skolnik.

By: Skolnik, Sam, 1966-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-207) and index.Description: xxvi, 222 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780807006290 (hbk. : alk. paper); 0807006297 (hbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Gambling -- United States | Compulsive gambling -- Social aspects -- United States | Gambling industry -- United StatesDDC classification: 362.2/5
Contents:
The other gambling addicts: the states -- Welcome to Las Vegas, problem gambling capital of the world -- The Asian connection -- The rise of the poker junkie -- The online fix -- Evolving science, questionable research -- A federal role, and a look forward.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 362.25 Sk53 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003735693

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-207) and index.

The other gambling addicts: the states -- Welcome to Las Vegas, problem gambling capital of the world -- The Asian connection -- The rise of the poker junkie -- The online fix -- Evolving science, questionable research -- A federal role, and a look forward.

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