Gambling

By Fouada

  • Nelson, Michael. "The Lottery Gamble." American Prospect 4 June 2001: 19-21. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition. Web. 13 Sept. 2014.

    Michael Nelson can be considered an expert on this topic because in 2001, he was a professor of political science at Rhodes college in Memphis Tennessee. He knew all about the politics behind different state lottery systems and watched it grow from when they first erupted in the United States to 2001 when he wrote this article.

  • Marshall, Patrick. "Gambling in America." CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press, 7 Mar. 2003. Web. 13 Sept. 2014.

    Patrick graduated from the University of Illinois and has experience as a Risk Advisory Consulting Associate which makes him a perfect candidate to discuss the issues of gambling in America in 2003.

  • Klein, Melissa. "Dont Bet on It!" Academic Search Premier. EBSCO, 2 Apr. 2006. Web. 13 Sept. 2014.

    Throughout her article, Melissa pulls in statistics of teen gambling from various sources and in the end lists a series of questions to determine whether gambling is a problem for you. She has a degree in Psychology and knows exactly how a gambling disorder affects the mind.

  • Bruinius, Harry. "As Atlantic City's Casinos Close, Rest of Northeast Doubles down on Gambling." Academic Search Premier. EBSCO, 3 Sept. 2014. Web. 12 Sept. 2014.

    Harry is The Christian Science Monitor’s New York staff writer and editor, covering politics and regional news. He is also a professor of Journalism at Hunter’s College and has a keen sense of what goes on around him, and right now, he has focused on the gambling issue. Being a writer in Manhattan since 1999 establishes Bruinius as a credible writer.

  • Jost, Kenneth. "Gambling in America." CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press, 15 June 2012. Web. 13 Sept 2014.

    Kenneth Jost graduated from Harvard and the Georgetowm University Law Center. He was a member of the CQ Researcher team that won an American Bar Association's 2002 SIlver Gavel Award. All of these features help boost the superior intellectual credibility that Jost has to offer in his article.