All in : the spread of gambling in twentieth-century United States / edited by Jonathan D. Cohen and David G. Schwartz ; foreword by Ann Fabian.

Contributor Cohen, Jonathan D., 1990- editor.

ImprintReno : University of Nevada Press, [2018]

Descriptionxii, 284 pages ; 23 cm.

Note:Foreword / Ann Fabian -- Introduction / Jonathan D. Cohen and David G. Schwartz -- Part 1. Policing. "The news from Brooklyn is disturbing": corruption, big-city police, and the dilemma of gambling / Matthew Vaz -- "The ever watchful eye of the magnate": policing and ballpark gambling in the twentieth century / Seth S. Tannenbaum -- Part 2. Promoting. "Avoid advertising the obvious": gambling and the Chamber of Commerce promotion of Las Vegas in the 1950s / Larry Gragg -- The business of gambling: how press releases helped legitimize the gaming industry in Las Vegas / Jessalynn R. Strauss -- Part 3. Proliferating. Something for nothing: the fiscal alchemy of lottery legalization / Jonathan D. Cohen -- No end in sight: How the United States became a gambling nation, 1950-2000 / David G. Schwartz -- Part 4. Praying. In the lion's den: evangelicals in the Las Vegas strip and the meaning of Billy Graham's 1978 Crusade / Michelle Robinson -- Sanctity, pragmatism, and paying the bills: the controversial use of Bingo in synagogues / Dan Judson -- Part 5. Playing. Rolling the dice: the rise of the reservation casino and the Native American fight for cultural survival / Seema Kurup -- The neoliberal lottery: Elliot Rodger and the affective economy of masculinity / Daniel Ante-Contreras.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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