#110: Is gambling natural? (ft. Rebecca Cassidy)

Anthropologist Professor Rebecca Cassidy, author of 'Vicious Games: Capitalism and Gambling', chats with Substance Abuse Councillor Ikoi Hiroe:

“Vicious Games is based on field research with the people who produce, shape and consume gambling. Rebecca Cassidy explores the gambling industry's affinity with capitalism and the free market and how the UK has led the way in exporting 'light touch' regulation and 'responsible gambling' around the world. She reveals how the industry extracts wealth from some of our poorest communities, and examines the adverse health effects on those battling gambling addiction. Through an anthropological excavation, Vicious Games opens up this process, with the intention of creating alternative, more equitable futures.”

References:

Vicious Games: Capitalism and Gambling: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48856313-vicious-games

High Stakes: Florida Seminole Gaming and Sovereignty: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11smmh0

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