high speed internet access. The increasing recognition of esports in North America as a legitimate force in the sporting … Counter-Strike: Global-Offensive (CS:GO) to fuel an abundance of different gambling options, ranging from esports sportsbook … raises an important question: Does the skins betting industry violate federal or state gambling laws. The question has become …

— attempt to encourage savings by appealing to households' gambling preferences. I introduce new data on casino cash withdrawals … to measure gambling, and examine how individual gambling expenditures respond to the introduction of PLS in Nebraska … gambling by at least 3% more than unaffected individuals. The substitution effect is stronger in low-frills gambling …

Cities” across states and the internet. Key takeaways: (1) Increased competition in the gambling industry is a catalyst for …When it comes to gambling taxes, house rules apply. State governments have the prerogative to decide whether to allow … lotteries or casinos to operate in their states. This chapter explores the expansion of legal gambling in the United States …

the wealth effect of higher realized returns will increase gambling (enter-tainment good), but also attract gamblers to … (thrill and skewed payouts), butalso curtail gambling in response to growing economic uncertainty. Utilizing a novel horse wa … corporate bond spreads as a proxy for business cycles, we find gam-bling expenditures rise during recessions. Price of wagering …

gambling are relevant for the locations of German casinos. For our empirical analysis we use location and tourism indicators … states. This is inconsistent, however, with the objectives of the State Treaty, which is to provide legal gambling …

We explore the relationship between gambling and other forms of risk-taking behaviour, i.e. exposure to debt and the … Expenditure and Food Surveys (EFS), 2001 to 2007. Gambling and the use of credit are shown to be positively correlated at the … household level. While both the incidence and amount of gambling vary according to household income, the positive association …

seen as an unbiased random allocation method or, possibly, an act of gambling. How might this ancient, biblical practice … the Bible, particularly on the question of whether casting lots was a form of gambling. The authors then compare the … neither practice may fairly be defined as “gambling” of the kind forbidden by different Christian traditions. The authors …