gambling industry

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.

An exploration of the controversy over illegal gambling that discusses the positive and negative aspects of the gambling industry and why people are for and against it.

As he travels across the United States, journalist Richard Hoffer gains a greater understanding of the social, economic, and political aspects of gambling in America.