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French Casinos – Saved by the Slots – Gambling in America 1 Mar 2011 | 11:00 pm
The attitude of the authorities in France has always been ambivalent as far as casinos are concerned. The French penal code outlaws gambling, but then special exceptions are allowed. For a long time, ...
There’s a Reason We Only Look Forward in Las Vegas – Gambling in America 16 Feb 2011 | 09:33 pm
Las Vegas, Nevada, is a very unlikely place to find American history. After all, in this city people worship the future as they always look to the next pull of the handle, roll of the dice, or turn of...
There’s a Reason We Only Look Forward in Las Vegas – Gambling in America 16 Feb 2011 | 04:33 pm
Las Vegas, Nevada, is a very unlikely place to find American history. After all, in this city people worship the future as they always look to the next pull of the handle, roll of the dice, or turn of...
Machismo and the Latin American Casino – Gambling in America 7 Feb 2011 | 09:38 pm
The casino is a social institution encompassing an array of interactions that focus upon patterned financial risk taking-gambling. Gambling is an activity that reflects the cultural values of a societ...
Will Nevada Become Another Detroit? Probably Not – Gambling in America 2 Feb 2011 | 07:08 pm
The automotive industry came to Detroit by accident. The industry could have been located elsewhere. But Henry Ford set up shop in Detroit. There he applied ideas of mass assembly and economies of lar...
Casinos without Crime: Is It Possible? Gambling in America 24 Jan 2011 | 09:57 pm
Any criminological theory that emphasizes the factor of “opportunity” would have to assess the casino industry – an industry where the essential product in money itself – as one which by its nature is...
Supermarket Casinos – Gambling in America 17 Jan 2011 | 07:17 pm
There are questions surrounding how the products of the gaming industry should be marketed. Which products should be legal? Where should gaming product distribution places be located? The Nevada Gamin...
Sovereignty Checklist for Gambling – Gambling in America 10 Jan 2011 | 09:16 pm
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 was passed to promote tribal “economic development, self-sufficiency, and strong tribal governments”. The Act was passed to enhance a renewal of sovereignty fo...
The Best Gamblers in the World – Gambling in America 5 Jan 2011 | 02:11 am
Almost all of Asia is closed to casino gambling, yet from my study of gambling, ironically enough I have found that Asians are the world’s “best” gamblers. They gamble more, they are high rollers, and...
Yukon Territory – Gambling in America 27 Dec 2010 | 08:00 pm
The first Canadian casino was not in a province, but in the Yukon Territory. Its operation received little notice. The casino is a special exception for this remote northern location and has not spawn...
