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No longer quarantined in Las Vegas, gambling has become as local as our neighborhood cineplex. If there's not a casino around the corner, there's one on your laptop computer. You can bet on the turn of the card, a roll of the dice--but also the NFL, the NCAA, and which Olson twin marries first. It's no wonder that we spend more money gambling than we do on movies, music, sports, video games, and theme parks combined! Here, acclaimed sportswriter Hoffer...
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Reith (sociology, U. of Glasgow, Scotland) brings together a collection of 22 essays written by 31 doctors, lawyers, journalists, and academics from the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and South Africa, recognized as experts in the study of gambling. The text provides an overview of the main trends in commercial gambling and the legal, economic, political, psychological, social, and ethical issues surrounding the gambling debate. No subject index. Annotation...
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Sport is filled with much paradox. Sport, by nature, is inherently based on athleticism, fitness, strength, and other seemingly healthful benefits. Though such benefits are common, there is the constant presence where the unhealthy and inappropriate associations exist. This dichotomy is quite prevalent in many forms in contemporary sport. Among the most troubling occurrence with contemporary sport is the increasingly visible prevalence of criminal...
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