We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor -- play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambling poses serious risks to individuals and to society as a whole. Neil Isaacs -- sports historian, licensed clinical social worker, English professor, and a gambler himself for more than fifty years -- seeks to shatter the myths ...
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We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor -- play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambling poses serious risks to individuals and to society as a whole. Neil Isaacs -- sports historian, licensed clinical social worker, English professor, and a gambler himself for more than fifty years -- seeks to shatter the myths interfering with our understanding of gambling addiction, its causes, and its treatment. He begins by systematically debunking several commonly held beliefs, demonstrating that there is no such thing as the law of averages, that gambling is not inherently sinful, immoral, or criminal, and that money is not always the prime motivator for gamblers. Isaacs shows how habitual gambling can lead to compulsive gambling, but avoids oversimplifying this condition. Arguing against a undifferentiated interpretation of pathological gambling as a simple impulse control disorder, he draws examples from fiction, film, and his own practice to demonstrate additional ways gambling can be abused. A radical departure from established views, You Bet Your Life identifies the costs -- in dollars, people, families, and credit ratings -- of society's failure to address adequately the burdens of gambling.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 274 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 00012279 Type of material Book Personal name Isaacs, Neil D., 1931-Main title You bet your life: the burdens of gambling / Neil D. Isaacs. Published/Created Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, c2001. Description 274 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0813121957 LC classification RC569.5. G35 I82 2001 Contents Seven other myths about gambling--Gambling and the irrational--The high-profile profile--The compulsion to lose--Gambling and anxiety--Gambling and depression--Gambling and psychosis--Filling the void--Gambling and the brothers barthelme--Gambling and the personality disorders--Gambling and addiction. Subjects Compulsive gambling. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) index. Dewey class no. 616.85/841
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