Table of Contents

Preface; Part I: Issues in the study of gambling 1. Gambling as a sociological problem 2. Gambling as a social problem 3. The research strategy 4. Tests of hypotheses about patterns of gambling 5. The social distribution of gambling; Part II: Social variations in gambling activity Introduction; Glossary; 6. Football pools 7. Betting 8. Gaming 9. Club bingo 10. Gaming machines 11. All gambling 12. Conclusion; Appendices 1. Construction and definition of social indicators 2. Diagram 1-15 3. The betting office industry in Galmorgan, 1961-7, by Jeffrey Dessant; Notes; Index