NCJ Number
103876
Date Published
1984
Length
245 pages
Annotation
This Canadian study examines legalized gambling operations and legislation in countries with social systems similar to Canada's: The United States, England, Bahamas, Australia, New Zealand, France, Monaco, and Switzerland.
Abstract
The focus is on legalized gambling forms most relevant to Canada: casinos, lotteries, off-track and intertrack betting, and slot machines. Data were obtained from criminal justice and other appropriate government agencies; professional contacts; and libraries in the United States, England, and Australia. A review of legalized gambling research addresses justifications for legalized gambling and ways to combat organized crime's involvement in legal and illegal gambling. A discussion of law enforcement and control of legalized gambling considers the effectiveness of enforcement and the role of gambling commissions. Analyses of casino gambling models in Nevada and New Jersey cover casino control and licensing along with criticisms of these two models. The background of New York State's decision to postpone the legalization of casino gambling is also discussed. A review of the regulatory structure of Great Britain's legalized gambling is followed by brief discussions of the regulation of legalized gambling in the Bahamas, Australia, and New Zealand. The study concludes with a chapter on the key features of the European casino model manifested in France, Monaco, and Switzerland. Supplementary studies and information, 311 references, and 270-item bibliography.