High stakes : the rising cost of America's gambling addiction / Sam Skolnik.
By: Skolnik, Sam.
Material type: TextPublisher: 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: 362.2/5Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 362.25 Sk53 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003735693 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-207) and index.
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