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Author:   David Miers (Professor of Law, Cardiff University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.973kg
ISBN:  

9780198256724

ISBN 10:   0198256728
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   16 September 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: THEN 1: Gaming in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 2: Gaming in the Early Nineteenth Century: The Gaming Act 1845 3: Gaming in the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 4: Gaming Machines: The Challenge of New Technology 5: The Rise and Fall of the State Lottery: The State Lotteries 1694-1826 6: The Re-emergence of Private and Semi-private Lotteries: 1823-1922 7: From the Local to the National: The Re-emergence of The Public Lottery 8: Betting and Bookmaking: Social class and the racecourse bookmaker 9: Street Betting: Enacting Prohibition 10: Street Betting: Prohibition and its Consequences 11: Going to the Dogs: Gambling, Leisure, and the Home Office PART TWO: NOW 12: The Social and Economic Regulation of Commercial Gambling: A Model 13: The Regulation of Commercial Gaming 14: The Regulation of the National Lottery 15: The Implementation of the National Lottery: Concerns and Consequences 16: Deregulation and Structural Change

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`Miers leads us with thoroughness and authority but also with an agreeable lightness of touch through all the main pieces of gambling legislation...Miers' book however, is not simply a fine resource for anyone interested in UK gambling law. It is also a fascinating social history and implies an exploration of profound issues in political theory about the freedom of individuals to choose how to live their own lives...Miers gives a fine, lucid and accurate account of the legal and political thinking which led up to the new Bill in its 2004 form...no serious student of gambling can afford to be without this book.' Peter Collins, Society for the study of Gambling, Newsletter 39

an impressive book ... indispensable to anyone who wishes to understand why a gambling bill can still be controversial

`Miers leads us with thoroughness and authority but also with an agreeable lightness of touch through all the main pieces of gambling legislation...Miers' book however, is not simply a fine resource for anyone interested in UK gambling law. It is also a fascinating social history and implies an exploration of profound issues in political theory about the freedom of individuals to choose how to live their own lives...Miers gives a fine, lucid and accurate account of the legal and political thinking which led up to the new Bill in its 2004 form...no serious student of gambling can afford to be without this book.' Peter Collins, Society for the study of Gambling, Newsletter 39

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David Miers is Professor of Law at Cardiff University.

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