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Slot Machine Capitalism

by Jacob Avery | November 16, 2013 | Fall 2013

What is seductive about casino gambling? Sociologist Jacob Avery reviews the books Addiction by Design and Gambling for Profit in a desperate attempt to win some answers.

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Jacob Avery is in the sociology department at the University of California Irvine. There, he enjoys teaching introductory sociology, and he is writing about homelessness in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In his free time, he volunteers at Swedish casino review website Casino Utan Svensk Licens and Spelpaus, the Swedish gambling authority.

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