The Casino and Society in Britain

ISBN-13: 9781138318953 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 226 str.

SEAMUS MURPHY

Opis

This book is a study of the British casino industry and how it has been shaped by criminality, prohibition, regulation and liberalization since the beginning of the First World War. This book will be of interest to historians, criminologists, regulators, students and individuals interested in gambling, society and cultural history.

Spis treści

Introduction;  1. Gaming, Suppression and Prejudice: Gaming before the Great War;  2. Gaming and the Law 1939-1960;  3. The Tortuous Road to the 1960 Betting and Gaming Act;  4. The Dance of the Seven Veils: Gaming in Britain under the 1960 Betting and Gaming Act;  5. The 1968 Betting and Gaming Act;  6. Gangsters, Ponces and Thieves: The Gaming Act 1968 and the Gaming Board for Great Britain;  7. Blood on the Carpet: The Enforcement of the 1968 Gaming Act;  8. Towards Deregulation ... and Beyond;  References; General Bibliography; Appendix I Annual Drop (Cash Exchanged for Chips) Casinos 1972-2005; Index

O autorze

Seamus Murphy worked for 28 years in land-based casinos before moving into the remote casino sector. During that time, he received a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Luton and a PhD from De Montfort University in Leicester. He is currently Course Coordinator for Criminology at the University of Bedfordshire.