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.
Note:"Gambling, the risky enterprise of chance, is one of America's favorite pastimes. Office March Madness brackets, a day at the race track, a friendly wager, the random ridiculous Super Bowl prop bet, bingo night, or the latest media frenzy over the Powerball jackpot--all emphasize the ubiquity of this major economic force and cultural phenomenon. Approximately 70 percent of Americans regularly engage in some form of betting, amounting to over $140 billion in combined casino and lottery revenue every year. A hundred years ago, however, legal gambling was a rarity in the United States. A fresh take on the history of modern American gambling, All In provides a closer look at the shifting economic, cultural, religious, and political conditions that facilitated gambling's expansion and prominence in American consumerism and popular culture. In its pages, a diverse range of essays covering commercial and Native American casinos, sports betting, lotteries, bingo, and more piece together a picture of how gambling became so widespread over the course of the twentieth century. Drawing from a range of academic disciplines, this collection explores five aspects of American gambling history: crime, advertising, politics, religion, and identity. In doing so, All In illuminates the on-the-ground debates over gambling's expansion, the failed attempts to thwart legalized betting, and the consequences of its present ubiquity in the United States." --Publisher information.
