GAMBLING IN PERSPECTIVE - A REVIEW OF THE WRITTEN HISTORY OF GAMBLING AND AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS EFFECT ON MODERN AMERICAN SOCIETY

• NCJ Number: 44064
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 104 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Cmssn on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT IS BASED ON A SELECTIVE SEARCH OF GAMBLING LITERATURE, DRAWN FROM SOME 2000 BOOKS IN A COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS.

Abstract

AS SUCH, IT CONTAINS NO CONCLUSIONS EXCEPT THOSE OF THE AUTHORS OF THOSE BOOKS, AND THE ONLY ASSESSMENTS IT ATTEMPTS ARE LIMITED TO THE LITERATURE. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPORT IS TO ESTABLISH A POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THE COMPLEX SUBJECT OF GAMBLING. THROUGH A CHRONOLOGICAL FORMAT WHICH INCLUDES ANECDOTES AND QUOTATIONS, THE HISTORY OF GAMBLING IS TRACED, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS PLACED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAMBLING IN AMERICA. THE EFFECTS OF GAMBLING ON A MODERN SOCIETY ARE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS VIEWS ON LEGALIZATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).