Figures -- Tables -- 1. A brief history of gambling in America -- 2. Casino expansion in the United States -- 3. Tax revenues from casinos -- 4. Casinos as economic development tools -- 5. Social costs -- 6. Regulating gambling -- an introduction -- 7. Casino regulation in Nevada -- 8. Casino regulation in other states -- 9. Regulating gambling : the federal government's role -- 10. The internet : gambling's new frontier -- 11. Tribal gaming -- 12. Governing fortune in a changing world -- Notes -- Index
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