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Gambling
By: Eddie Keever
Through the years, gambling has become Americas pastime. ... 1 When compared to other recreations (in billions of dollars) in 1990, gambling institutions made 2. ... 2 This number has increased to this high level because of the growth in the amount of legalized gambling establishments, and the accessibility to these establishments. ... According to Stuart Winston, The compulsive gambler is the backbone of gambling. ... Even though legalized gambling has changed through time, and has been "accepted" in America today, it remains detrimental to society, and should not be legal anywhere. American gambling can be traced back to the early years of the nation. Different forms of gambling, such as lotteries, remained popular until 1890, when U. ... jurisdiction made lotteries and all other forms of gambling illegal by direct prohibition.4 Gambling had become more and more a "low life" thing to do. ... New York City alone had about 30,00 people earning a living from gambling in the 1890s. ... Essentially, gambling hurt society in the early years of America. For the next 25 years, gambling became unpopular again because of reports of cheating and changing American values. ... The reintroduction of gambling resulted in the return of corruption and fraud. By the mid 1920s, state after state abolished its anti-gambling laws. Gambling had become more and more accepted because of churches holding bingo sessions and legitimate racetracks being built. In 1931, gambling became totally legalized in Nevada to replace the money the state was getting from depleted ore rich mountains.6 Organized crime started to turn toward gambling as their main source of income after Prohibition ended in 1933. These criminals made most of their money bootlegging alcohol during Prohibition, so once alcohol prices went down, they needed another way to make a lot of money fast: gambling.7 Organized crime started getting more involved with gambling once Las Vegas started to boom. ... 9 Once again, the public saw decided gambling was bad after, the news of corruption and fraud, just like in the 1890s.10 Today, everyone has given gambling, a booming corporate industry, another chance. ... Each has been portrayed by the media as "good guys" who just happen to be making a lot of money through gambling. They advertise gambling as a legitimate business, with corporate style offices staffed by corporate style employees and have stocks representing their company on the stock market. ... 19 Harrahs casino spends thousands of dollars each year to see whether fresher air, wider aisles, and back supports can increase gambling. ... The recent resurgence in gambling has created more problems in America. ... Gambling also spurs a huge increase in crime. ... Since Illinois legalized riverboat gambling, funding fostate police has increased 50%, or 100 million dollars per year.26 Charles Cozic said, "The best estimates of increased costs to Illinoiss criminal justice system[from gambling] appear to range between 1. ... 27 The compulsive gambler is the biggest problem that gambling produces. ... Murder, stealing, embezzling, conning, and even resorting to prostitution or putting their wives into prostitution have been known ways of getting money to pay off gambling debts.
Approximate Word count = 2495
Approximate Pages = 10
(250 words per page double spaced)
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