Betting & Gambling: A National Evil
BETTING & GAMBLING A NATIONAL EVIL
EDITED BY B. SEEBOHM ROWNTREE AUTHOR OF ‘POVERTY’
London MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1905
All rights reserved
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE YORK ANTI-GAMBLING LEAGUE AT WHOSE SUGGESTION THIS WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN
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BETTING AND GAMBLING
PREFACE
CONTENTS
THE ETHICS OF GAMBLING
THE EXTENT OF GAMBLING
Growth of Betting
An Account of the Present Increase
Betting
Condition of the Country
STOCK EXCHANGE GAMBLING
GAMBLING AMONG WOMEN
CRIME AND GAMBLING
THE DELUDED SPORTSMAN
GAMBLING AND CITIZENSHIP
I
II
III
EXISTING LEGISLATION
Miscellaneous Gambling
Betting
SUGGESTED ALTERATIONS IN THE LAW
Betting
Miscellaneous Gambling
The Press and Gambling
Conclusion
THE REPRESSION OF GAMBLING
APPENDICES
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
