Cutting the Wire: Gaming Prohibition and the Internet (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780874176209)

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 ...

Author: David G. Schwartz
ISBN-10: 0874176204
ISBN-13: 9780874176209
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2005
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.12w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2006 pg. 1 - Recommended/Special Interest