Bedford, Kate (2011) Getting the bingo hall back again? Gambling law reform, economic regeneration and the gendered limits of "casino capitalism". Social and Legal Studies, 20 (3). pp. 369-388. ISSN 0964-6639. (doi:10.1177/0964663911407652) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:27873)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663911407652 |
Abstract
This article explores the gendered nature of gambling promotion as a modality of economic regeneration in the aftermath of the Gambling Act 2005. Using an exploratory case study of a district council licensing board, I examine how the gambling forms that reflect women’s gambling cultures are faring under the current legal environment, focusing on the apparent contrast between casino promotion and bingo neglect. I ask what this reveals about the intertwining of legal reform, gender, and perceptions of worthwhile risk-taking in attempts to promote local development. In particular I probe the discrepancy between the state’s legal regime (more restrictive of casinos than bingo halls) and local actors’ regeneration ambitions (centred on casinos). In this way I examine what local legal actors ‘see’ as being legally and economically necessary or possible as they encounter a new legislative landscape around gambling.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1177/0964663911407652 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | gambling; gender; regeneration |
Subjects: | K Law |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School |
Depositing User: | Jane Pango |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2011 11:11 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:06 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/27873 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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