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9780807132548

How the South Joined the Gambling Nation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807132548

  • ISBN10:

    0807132543

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-09-01
  • Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

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Summary

A national map of legalized gambling from 1963 would show one state, Nevada, with casino gambling, and no states with lotteries. Today's map shows eleven commercial casino states, most of them along the Mississippi River, forty-two states with state-owned lotteries, and racetrack betting, slot-machine parlors, charitable bingo, and Native American gambling halls flourishing throughout the nation. For the past twenty years, the South has wrestled with gambling issues. In How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, Michael Nelson and John Lyman Mason examine how modern southern state governments have decided whether to adopt or prohibit casinos and lotteries.

Author Biography

John Lyman Mason is former assistant professor of political science at Rhodes College.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
Introduction: The South Joins the Gambling Nationp. 1
Mississippi: Casinos Come Southp. 14
Georgia: Politics and Hopep. 42
South Carolina: "We Just Luuuvv South Carolinians Playing Our Lottery"p. 69
Alabama: The Governor, the Churches, and the "Sin Legislator"p. 93
Tennessee: "Let the People Decide"p. 121
Arkansas: Politics Gets Wackyp. 160
Louisiana: The Place Where "Gaming" Isn't "Gambling"p. 185
Conclusion: Why the South Joined the Gambling Nationp. 214
Notesp. 225
Indexp. 253
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