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Global gambling : cultural perspectives on gambling organizations / edited by Sytze F. Kingma. - vi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in criminology ; 8 . - Routledge advances in criminology ; 8. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A question of money? : the founding of two Finnish gambling monopolies / Into the zone : innovating in the Australian poker machine industry / Gambling with development : comparing casino legalization in South Africa with Indian gambling in California / Ethnography in a casino : social dynamics at blackjack tables / Making friends, making money : Macau's traditional VIP casino system / Dutch casino space : the spatial construction of gambling pleasure / "You could become a millionaire" : truth, deception, and imagination in gambling advertising / Balancing rules : gambling consumption at home / Subjects in a state : cultural economies of gambling / Riitta Matilainen -- Richard Woolley and Charles Livingstone -- Jeffrey J. Sallaz -- Richard A. Marksbury -- Wuyi Wang and Peter Zabielskis -- Sytze F. Kingma -- Per Binde -- Anita Borch -- Fiona Nicoll. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

ISBN: 9780415996778 0415996775

LCCN: 2009011029

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA914980 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014903570 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gambling--Cross-cultural studies
Gambling--Case studies

LC Class. No.: HV6710 / .G525 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 306.482