High stakes

the rising cost of America's gambling addiction

Award-winning journalist Sam Skolnik examines America's addition to gambling and the consequences. Discusses the rise of legalized gambling and its claims of increased revenue and additional jobs, in contrast to higher indebtedness, bankruptcy rates, divorces, suicides, and gambling-related crime. Also discusses how gambling targets Asian Americans.

Beacon Press
2011
9780807006290
book

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