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An Unsafe Bet?: The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate We Should Be Having
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9780470661192
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John Wiley & Sons
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Encyclopaedias & Reference Works
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Hardcover
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Year
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2010
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An Unsafe Bet? The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate We Should Be Having reveals how gambling represents a danger to public health due to its inherent addiction potential, which is being intentionally downplayed by the gambling industry and governments.ýLays bare the extent of gambling and its effects on societyExposes the dilemma for policy makers, who are charged with protecting public health but also increasingly dependent on revenues earned from gamblingWritten by Jim Orford, an internationally respected authority on the topicInternational examplesbroaden the argument and reveal the global stakes involved
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Author Biography
Jim Orford is Emeritus Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of several books on addictions including Excessive Appetites (1985, 2001), Community Psychology (1992, 2008) and, with colleagues, Gambling and Problem Gambling in Britain (2003).
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