| Cutting the Wire: Gaming Prohibition and the Internet Contributor(s): Schwartz, David G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874176204 ISBN-13: 9780874176209 Publisher: University of Nevada Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: The story of the 1961 Wire Act and how Robert Kennedy's crusade against the Mob is creating a new generation of Internet gaming outlaws. The U.S. has invoked the Act in a vain effort to control gambling within its borders, at a time when online sports betting is soaring in popularity. By placing the Wire Act into the larger context of American ambivalence about gambling, Schwartz has produced a provocative analysis of a national habit and the vexing predicaments it creates. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Games & Activities | Gambling - General (see Also Self-help - Compulsive Behavior) - Computers | Internet - General |
| Dewey: 345.730 |
| LCCN: 2005010632 |
| Series: Gambling Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.12" W x 9.2" (0.93 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story of the Wire Act and how Robert Kennedy's crusade against the Mob is creating a new generation of Internet gaming outlaws. Gambling has been part of American life since long before the existence of the nation, but Americans have always been ambivalent about it. What David Schwartz calls the pell-mell history of legal gaming in the United States is a testament to our paradoxical desire both to gamble and to control gambling. It is in this context that Schwartz examines the history of the Wire Act, passed in 1961 as part of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's crusade against organized crime and given new life in recent efforts to control Internet gambling. Cutting the Wire presents the story of how this law first developed, how it helped fight a war against organized crime, and how it is being used today. The Wire Act achieved new significance with the development of the Internet in the early 1990s and the growing popularity of online wagering ... |