> Does anyone know any academics who study gambling,
> lotteries, etc. and their
> social effects. It could be from any of a number of
> fields: economics,
> sociology, history, etc. Thanks, Jeet Heer
David Nibert. He teaches Sociology at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. His webpage is at http://www4.wittenberg.edu/academics/soci/faculty/nibert.html
Nibert, David Alan, 1953- Title: Hitting the lottery jackpot : state governments and the taxing of dreams Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, c2000.
john mage