Against the Odds. Kim Clark.
by Clark, Kim; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 31Business. Publisher: U.S. News & World Report, 2005ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Bingo | Casinos | Compulsive gambling | Data mining | Gambling | Gambling industry | Internet gambling | Poker | Slot machinesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A record 73 million Americans, up nearly 20 million from just five years ago, will patronize one of the nation's more than 1,200 casinos, card rooms, or bingo parlors this year [2005]. The average gambler visits a casino nearly six times a year--almost twice as often as he did a decade ago. At least 6 million Americans will click a bet on one of 2,300 online gaming sites. Altogether, gamblers will lose more than $80 billion on everything from the Triple Crown to the flop of a card this year." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) The article reveals "that behind all that glitz is an army of behavioral scientists, technowizards, and mathematicians with one goal: to finesse ever more money out of your wallet, whether in front of the slot machine, at the blackjack table, in the celebrity chef restaurant, or at the concert hall."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 29 Behind One Gate, Two Paths. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 3 Central America's Free Trade Gamble. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 30 Class Matters: Class in America--Shadowy Lines That Still Divide. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 31 Against the Odds. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 32 Class Matters: When the Joneses Wear Jeans. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 33 When Bad Things Happen to Good Pensions. | REF SIRS 2006 Business Article 34 America's House Party. |
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
Originally Published: Against the Odds, May 23, 2005; pp. 47+.
"A record 73 million Americans, up nearly 20 million from just five years ago, will patronize one of the nation's more than 1,200 casinos, card rooms, or bingo parlors this year [2005]. The average gambler visits a casino nearly six times a year--almost twice as often as he did a decade ago. At least 6 million Americans will click a bet on one of 2,300 online gaming sites. Altogether, gamblers will lose more than $80 billion on everything from the Triple Crown to the flop of a card this year." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) The article reveals "that behind all that glitz is an army of behavioral scientists, technowizards, and mathematicians with one goal: to finesse ever more money out of your wallet, whether in front of the slot machine, at the blackjack table, in the celebrity chef restaurant, or at the concert hall."
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