ECON/HTMT
360, Tourism and the Gambling Industry
Course Outline - Online portion of class
LECTURE OUTLINE & ASSIGNMENTS
** Everything on this page is
subject to change. Last updated: 4/21/20.
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Date
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QUIZ (Section covered) |
Topic
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Grinols,
Gambling in America |
Walker, Casinonomics ( ) = optional |
Reading
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News
Articles and Other Material
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3/5 | Intro: Disordered gambling | - DSM-V, Pathological gambling | - Boy at slot machine (pic) - Casino check cashing (pic) - The Onion, "83% of gamblers quit..." |
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3/10 | Guest speaker - Will Cummings | PDF | YouTube link | |||||
3/12 | G: "Online class" | 9, 10 | - CBS 60 Minutes: Slots: The Big Gamble (v) | ||||
3/26 | H: Diagnosis - diagnostic instruments - prevalence studies |
- Lesieur
& Blume (1987), South Oaks Gambling Screen - Brief biosocial gambling screen - St-Pierre & Walker (read sections I and II) |
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Playresponsiblysc.com, warning
signs - Gamblers Anonymous, 12-step program - Theory of rational addiction (v) |
- Addiction (v), Kurzgesagt | |||
3/31 | I: Treatment & RG - 12-step programs - responsible gambling (RG) |
- Schaler, Addiction is a Choice, Intro | Ch 1 | 2 - Walker et al. (2015), "Setting Win Limits" |
- Nelson Rose, "Gambler Just Can't Win" - The Economist, The almost-winning addiction - Penn & Teller, Bullshit! , 12-Step Programs |
- Twilight Zone, "The Fever" (1960) - Stossel: Help Me! I Can't Help Myself! (v) - Movie: Owning Mahowny [not assigned b/c online] |
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4/2 | H&I | J: Social costs I - crime - drunk driving - bankruptcy - industry 'cannibalization' |
12 | - Walker & Sobel (2016), "Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling" [READ CAREFULLY!] | |||
4/7 | J | K: Social costs II - definition of "social cost" - technological vs pecuniary externalities - impact type/magnitude vs monetary estimate |
7, 8 [just skim pp. 146-167] |
13-16 | - Thompson, et al. (1997), "Social
and legal
costs of compulsive gambling" |
- Walker (2013), Social cost lecture
PP |
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4/9 | L. Social costs III - Q&A (read everything from I and II first!) |
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4/14 |
J,K, & L | M: Other issues? |
- Grinols, Piety and Political Economy [not required] |
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** FINAL EXAM ** Tuesday, April 28, 9:30-10:30 < The final quiz will be comprehensive. It may include some questions you've seen before. Note that I've re-posted the original course outline, so you can see the material we covered prior to spring break. > |