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Vicious Games - Capitalism and Gambling (Hardcover)
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Vicious Games - Capitalism and Gambling (Hardcover)
Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society
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Gambling is everywhere, on our TVs and phones, on billboards on our
streets, and emblazoned across the chests of idolised sports stars.
Why has gambling suddenly expanded? How was it transformed from a
criminal activity to a respectable business run by multinational
corporations listed on international stock markets? And who are the
winners and losers created by this transformation? Vicious Games is
based on field research with the people who produce, shape and
consume gambling. Rebecca Cassidy explores the gambling industry's
affinity with capitalism and the free market and how the UK has led
the way in exporting 'light touch' regulation and 'responsible
gambling' around the world. She reveals how the industry extracts
wealth from some of our poorest communities, and examines the
adverse health effects on those battling gambling addiction. The
gambling industry has become increasingly profitable and
influential, emboldened by thirty years of supportive government
policies and boosted by unnatural profits. Through an
anthropological excavation, Vicious Games opens up this process,
with the intention of creating alternative, more equitable futures.
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