For a Dollar and a Dream - State Lotteries in Modern America

A comprehensive study of American state lotteries, For a Dollar and a Dream shows how players and policymakers alike got hooked on hopes for a big windfall.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: An Astronomical Source of Income: The Return of State Lotteries


• Chapter 2: Not Luck, But the Work of God: Merit and Miracles in the 1970s


• Chapter 3: Rivers of Gold: The Lottery Industry and the Tax Revolt


• Chapter 4: Somebody's Gotta Win, Might as Well Be Me: Lottomania in the 1980s


• Chapter 5: This Could Be Your Ticket Out: The Paradox of Lottery Advertising


• Chapter 6: Selling Hope: Lottery Politics in the South


• Conclusion: Jackpot


• Notes


• Index

About the author

Jonathan D. Cohen is a program officer at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is the co-editor of All In: The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States and Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen. He received his PhD in history from the University of Virginia. https://www.jonathandcohen.com

Summary

A comprehensive study of American state lotteries, For a Dollar and a Dream shows how players and policymakers alike got hooked on hopes for a big windfall.

Additional text

For a Dollar and a Dream will be the reference for historical analysis of the gambling industry in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan D. Cohen, Jonathan D. (Program Officer Cohen, Cohen Jonathan D.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780197604885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-760488-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Africa / General, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social discrimination & inequality, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Gambling: theories & methods, African History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / General, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Gambling: theories and methods, Social discrimination and social justice