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Contents Introduction PART ONE: THEN 1. Gaming in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 17 2. Gaming in the early Nineteenth Century: The Gaming Act 1845 39 3. Gaming in the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 61 4. Gaming Machines: The Challenge of New Technology 90 5. The Rise and Fall of the State Lottery: The State Lotteries 1694-1826 126 6. The Re-Emergence of Private and Semi-Private Lotteries: 1823-1922 150 7. From the Local to the National: The Re-Emergence of the Public Lottery 187 8. Betting and Bookmaking: Social Class and the Racecourse Bookmaker 217 9. Street Betting: Enacting Prohibition 249 10. Street Betting: Prohibition and its Consequences 271 11. Going to the Dogs: Gambling, Leisure, and the Home Office 300 PART TWO: NOW 12. The Social and Economic Regulation of Commercial Gambling: A Model 329 13. The Regulation of Commercial Gaming 357 14. The Regulation of the National Lottery 399 15. The Implementation of the National Lottery: Concerns and Consequences 440 16. Deregulation and Structural Change 475
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Gambling -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
Lotteries -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.