Gambling Industry in Historical Perspective [conference papers]

The International Economic History Association (IEHA) held its XIV International Economic History Congress in Helsinki, Finland from August 21-25, 2006. Conference session 24 was "Gamblers, Gambling Entrepreneurs and State Bureaucrats. The Gambling Industry in Historical Perspective"... the following papers were included:

* A New Deal: Bruges Burghers and Venetian Merchants Invent Mercantile Gambling
* Gaming and gamers’ experiences in an emerging Finnish consumer society
* Gambling vs the State: Study of problems and prospects of gambling industry in India under globalization regime
* From ban to business. The absorption of gambling into the economic system (XIII-XVI centuries)
* Gambling and economic thought in the Late Middle Ages
* Economy and Ethics in the Regulations for Games of Chance in Italy in the late Middle Ages
* Entrepreneurs of Chance. The Spreading of lotto in 18th Century Europe
* An Empirical Analysis of Gambling Consumption: National Lottery in Spain, 1850-2000
* The sale of lottery in Spain: organization and incentives (1763-2000)
* Tourist Paradise or Gambler's hell? Gambling and Tourism in the Swiss Alps between 1848 and 1930