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- catalog abstract "Whether you believe that gambling is good for the economy or that the Mob runs Vegas, you cannot escape the fact that gambling is the fastest-growing entertainment enterprise in America. In this completely up-to-date volume, America's most renowned gambling scholar examines the history of gambling as well as its current legal, legislative, economic, and social environment. Some of the hundreds of entries in this massive and definitive reference examine: All the important names in the industry, from gambling's seamy past to the corporate "gaming" and "entertainment" present, including biographies of Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Jimmy Hoffa, Arnold Rothstein, Stephen Wynn, Donald Trump, Kirk Kerkorian, and many more. The colorful games, rules, institutions, and traditions of American and global gambling, including individual entries on Gambling Terminology, Horse Racing, Indian Gaming, Internet Gambling, Jai Alia, and Lotteries. The development of the Las Vegas Strip. The international scope of gambling, with numerous entries treating individual countries Besides a vast A-to-Z section, Gambling in America is also packed with other features, including a historical introduction, thorough chronology, relevant and informative appendixes, diagrams, rich illustrations, and full cross-references and indexing. There are also end-of-entry references and an extensive annotated bibliography for those who would like to dig even deeper into America's most controversial industry.".
- catalog contributor b12290670.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-480) and index.".
- catalog description "Whether you believe that gambling is good for the economy or that the Mob runs Vegas, you cannot escape the fact that gambling is the fastest-growing entertainment enterprise in America. In this completely up-to-date volume, America's most renowned gambling scholar examines the history of gambling as well as its current legal, legislative, economic, and social environment. Some of the hundreds of entries in this massive and definitive reference examine: All the important names in the industry, from gambling's seamy past to the corporate "gaming" and "entertainment" present, including biographies of Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Jimmy Hoffa, Arnold Rothstein, Stephen Wynn, Donald Trump, Kirk Kerkorian, and many more. The colorful games, rules, institutions, and traditions of American and global gambling, including individual entries on Gambling Terminology, Horse Racing, Indian Gaming, Internet Gambling, Jai Alia, and Lotteries. The development of the Las Vegas Strip. The international scope of gambling, with numerous entries treating individual countries Besides a vast A-to-Z section, Gambling in America is also packed with other features, including a historical introduction, thorough chronology, relevant and informative appendixes, diagrams, rich illustrations, and full cross-references and indexing. There are also end-of-entry references and an extensive annotated bibliography for those who would like to dig even deeper into America's most controversial industry.".
- catalog extent "xxx, 509 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Gambling in America.".
- catalog identifier "1576071596 (hard : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Gambling in America.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO,".
- catalog relation "Gambling in America.".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "795/.0973 21".
- catalog subject "GV1301 .T47 2001".
- catalog subject "Gambling Canada Encyclopedias.".
- catalog subject "Gambling Encyclopedias.".
- catalog subject "Gambling Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Gambling United States Encyclopedias.".
- catalog title "Gambling in America : an encyclopedia of history, issues, and society / William N. Thompson.".
- catalog type "Encyclopedias. fast".
- catalog type "text".