| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
History, current worldwide situation, and concerns with internet gambling / Robert J. Williams, Robert T. Wood, and Jonathan Parke -- Online gambling : an economics perspective / David Forrest -- The internet gambling industry / Lorien Pilling and Warwick Bartlett -- Business models for online gambling / Melody Morgan-Busher -- Regulation and reputation : the Gibraltar approach / Natalia Zborowska, Sytze F. Kingma and Phill Brear -- The Casino City study : a large scale international study of online gamblers / Robert T. Wood and Robert J. Williams -- Internet poker in Sweden in 2007 / Jakob Jonsson -- The eCOGRA global online gambler report / Jonathan Parke ... [et al.] -- The bwin.party Division on Addictions Research Collaborative : challenges for the 'normal science' of internet gambling / Debi A. LaPlante ... [et al.] -- Online gambling among youth : cause for concern? / Mark Griffiths, Jeffrey L. Derevensky, and Jonathan Parke -- The relationship between internet gambling and problem gambling / Robert T. Wood, Robert J. Williams, and Jonathan Parke -- Investigating the heterogeneity of problem gambling symptoms in internet gamblers / Joanne Lloyd ... [et al.] -- Internet gambling, player protection, and social responsibility / Mark D. Griffiths -- Online clinical support for people with gambling problems / Sally Gainsbury and Richard Wood -- Internet gambling law / I. Nelson Rose -- Internet gambling policy in Europe / George Häberling -- The only thing certain is uncertainty? : internet gambling in the United States, 1961-2011 / Bo J. Bernhard and Andrew Montgomery -- Internet gambling and the Kahnawà:ke First Nation / Yale D. Belanger -- Internet gambling and online crime / John L. McMullan and Aunshul Rege -- Policy options for internet gambling / Robert J. Williams, Robert T. Wood, and Jonathan Parke |
| Summary |
Internet gambling is a rapidly growing phenomenon, which has profound social, psychological, economic, political, and policy implications. Until recently, Internet gambling has been understudied by the research community, but now a growing body of literature is emerging, on all aspects of Internet gambling and its attendant implications. As jurisdictions around the world grapple to understand the best way to respond to Internet gambling from a commercial, regulatory, and social perspective, scholarly studies of Internet gambling are becoming an ever more crucial resource. The> |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Internet gambling.
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GAMES -- Gambling -- General.
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Internet gambling
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Williams, Robert J
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Wood, Robert T., 1972-
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Parke, Jonathan.
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| ISBN |
9781136708138 |
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1136708138 |
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