Jonathan D Cohen & David G. Schwartz 
All In [EPUB ebook] 
The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States

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Gambling, the risky enterprise of chance, is one of America’s favorite pastimes. Office March Madness brackets, a day at the race track, a friendly wager, the random ridiculous Super Bowl prop bet, bingo night, or the latest media frenzy over the Powerball jackpot-all emphasize the ubiquity of this major economic force and cultural phenomenon. Approximately 70 percent of Americans regularly engage in some form of betting, amounting to over $140 billion in combined casino and lottery revenue every year. A hundred years ago, however, legal gambling was a rarity in the United States. A fresh take on the history of modern American gambling, All In provides a closer look at the shifting economic, cultural, religious, and political conditions that facilitated gambling s expansion and prominence in American consumerism and popular culture. In its pages, a diverse range of essays covering commercial and Native American casinos, sports betting, lotteries, bingo, and more piece together a picture of how gambling became so widespread over the course of the twentieth century.Drawing from a range of academic disciplines, this collection explores five aspects of American gambling history: crime, advertising, politics, religion, and identity.In doing so, All In illuminates the on-the-ground debates over gambling s expansion, the failed attempts to thwart legalized betting, and the consequences of its present ubiquity in the United States.

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Мова Англійська ● Формат EPUB ● ISBN 9781943859610 ● Редактор Jonathan D Cohen & David G. Schwartz ● Видавець University of Nevada Press ● Опубліковано 2018 ● Завантажувані 3 разів ● Валюта EUR ● Посвідчення особи 6287357 ● Захист від копіювання Adobe DRM
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