Gambling Policies in European Welfare States: Current Challenges and Future Prospects

1. Introduction, Gambling Regulations and the Use of Gambling Revenues in European Welfare States; Janne Nikkinen, Michael Egerer, and Virve Marionneau.- Part I. Gambling for State-Run Welfare.- 2. Gambling for the State: The Collection and Redistribution of Gambling Proceeds in France; Virve Marionneau & Sébastian Berret.- 3. Italian Gambling Regulation: Justifications and Counter-Arguments; Sara Rolando& Alice Scavarda.- 4. Gambling Policies and Law in Austria; Stefan Storr & Daniela Bereiter.- 5. Gambling Regulation in Spain; Elisardo Becoña Lucía Becoña.- Part II. Gambling for Designated Purposes.- 6. Gambling and Doing Good? On the Relationship Between Gambling Regulations and Welfare Services in Germany; Kathrin Loer.- 7. Gambling Policies in Slovenia: Financing Tourism Infrastructure, Sports and Designated Non-Governmental Organisations; Tamara Besednjak Valic & Mirna Macur.- 8. State Lotteries in Europe: A Cross-National Comparison of How Lotteries are Controlled, Operated and Benefit Government, Private Industry and Civil Society; Lynn E. Gidluck.- 9. The DNA of Bingo: Charity and Online Bingo; Donal Casey.- Part III. Legislative Changes.- 10. Why Restrict? Seven Explanations for the Electronic Gambling Machines Monopoly in Norway; Anita Borch.- 11. The Future Swedish Gambling Market: Challenges in Law and Public Policies; Jenny Cisnerosm Örnberg & Jörgen Hettne.- 12. After the Storm: An Analaysis of Gambling Legislation in Poland and Its Effects; Lukasz Wieczorek & Michal Bujalski, - Part IV. Theoretical Perspectives.- 13. The Regulation of Gambling in Early Twenty-First Century Britain: Liberalisation and Its Consequences; Jim Orford,- 14. Conceptions of the Common Good; Johanna Järvinen-Tassopoulos & Risto Eräsaari. - 15. The Public Interest Approach to Gambling Policy and Research; Pekka Sulkunen.- 16. Conclusion: Contradictions in Promoting Gambling for Good Causes; Virve Marionneau, Janne Nikkinen & Michael Egerer.