Gambling Studies Series

Series Editor: David G. Schwartz (UNLV)

The Gambling series seeks to cultivate and encourage scholarly investigation of gambling across several disciplines, including history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and political science. Gambling is both a growing global industry and a widespread pastime throughout the world. The ways that gamblers, governments, and businesses approach gambling are many and varied, and they are a treasure trove of source material for scholars in a variety of disciplines. The series encompasses all forms of gambling, including casinos, lotteries, racing, and sports betting, and will examine organizations owned by private companies, state and national governments, and tribal governments. Gambling is always in the news—both in Nevada and throughout the world. At present, the major axes of study are problem gambling and the business of gambling. But as gambling continues to grow and become normalized, there will be an increased demand for scholarly work on normative gambling. This series fits that need by publishing books that continue the discourse on problem gambling and those that push the boundaries of what has traditionally need published.

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Cahuilla Nation Activism and the Tribal Casino Movement

by Theodor P Gordon

ISBN: 9781943859931

Pub Date: 1 November 2018

Format: Paperback

216 Pages

A comprehensive investigation into the growth of tribal gaming through the lens of settler colonialism

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The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States

Edited by Jonathan D Cohen and David G. Schwartz

ISBN: 9781943859603

Pub Date: 30 March 2018

Format: Paperback

360 Pages

A wide-ranging approach to the social, economic, and racial issues of gambling in American culture

Macau and the Casino Complex

Edited by Stefan Al

Contributions by Kah-Wee Lee and Natalia Echeverri

ISBN: 9781943859382

Pub Date: 24 January 2018

Format: Paperback

224 Pages

A stunning visual representation of the urban transformation of China’s Macau into the world’s largest gambling center.

Sports Wagering in America

Policies, Economics, and Regulation

Edited by Anthony Cabot and Keith Miller

ISBN: 9781939546128

Pub Date: 27 April 2018

Format: Paperback

302 Pages

This book first provides a detailed explanation of the scope and economics of the sports wagering industry and a description of how sportsbooks operate. It then describes the evolving legal landscape for sports wagering in the U.S., culminating in the Supreme Court case that considered New Jersey’s challenge to the federal law that has limited sports betting to the state of Nevada.

Regulating Land-Based Casinos

Policies, Procedures, and Economics

Edited by Anthony Cabot, Ngai Pindell and Brian Wall

ISBN: 9781939546104

Pub Date: 27 August 2018

Format: Paperback

824 Pages

Once restricted to exotic locations like Las Vegas, Macau, and Monte Carlo, casinos are now operating in many cities nationally and internationally from the Maryland waterfront to Ho Chi Minh City. This expansion of the gaming industry, both geographically and economically, raises new and important policy questions about the role of government in gaming regulation, the obligations and opportunities for casinos, and public support for gambling and gaming tax revenue. The contributors to this book have decades of experience in gaming regulation and business and are optimistic about the future of gaming and casinos. Each author critically engages the subject and offers his or her insight into what works and what does not in the gaming business and gaming regulation. Whether a jurisdiction is considering legalizing gaming or deciding how to regulate an existing gaming industry, it should engage in a careful cost-benefit analysis informed by available data and the...

Tales from the Slot Floor

Casino Slot Managers in Their Own Words

Edited by David G. Schwartz

ISBN: 9781939546111

Pub Date: 22 June 2018

Format: Paperback

244 Pages

For those interested in becoming slot managers, or those just curious about how casinos work, Tales from the Slot Floor gives you the inside story of slot operations, from those who do it.