Betting the House: Winners, Losers and the Politics of Canada's Gambling Obsession
- ISBN-10
- 067088586X
- ISBN-13
- 9780670885862
- Category
- Gambling
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Author
- Brian Hutchinson
Description
Hutchinson explores every facet of Canada's growing obsession with gambling. He examines the psychology behind this obsession and covers the business interests pushing it, as well as the government's questionable role in it. Along the way he introduces the reader to fascinating characters he met. Hutchinson argues that there is disturbing new evidence of rot in the system, and mounting concern over Canada's addiction to games of chance.
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