Add to ORKGGambling was a popular and pervasive leisure pursuit long before it was legalised in January 1961. The most prevalent forms of gambling amongst the working classes were the football pools, illegal off-course cash betting and greyhound racing; all of which were predominantly male pastimes. This paper explores the role of gambling amongst women during their annual seaside holidays and highlights the role of seaside arcades and bingo games in familiarising women with gambling, creating a ready market for the first commercial bingo halls which opened within a few days of the passing of the Betting and Gaming Act (1960
This paper uses bingo?a lottery-style game particularly popular with older working class women?to ta...
As opportunities to gamble proliferated rapidly during the 1990s, accessibility to gambling faciliti...
In the winter of 2010, driving through a blizzard to a research interview outside of Ottawa, one of ...
The Mass Observation 1947 file report (2545c) on the gambling behaviours of the British made clear t...
The years 1853 to 1960 constituted a period of prohibition for off-course cash betting on horses. De...
Abstract. This article draws on the findings of quantitative and qualitative research undertaken bet...
Research consistently indicates that people with higher levels of qualifications are less likely to ...
This paper draws on recent and on-going research into ‘at home’ gambling practices including a proje...
This research explores historical perspectives on gambling amongst poorer social groups in order to ...
While once subject to wide-ranging state control, gambling has successfully culturally embedded itse...
This paper helps to address a deficiency of gender specific research into gambling. It focuses on ga...
The catastrophe of the Second World War had a significant effect on British social and economic life...
Greyhound racing emerged rapidly in Britain in 1926 but in its early years was subject to rabid inst...
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the growing body of research which uses qualitative approa...
The topic I chose for this study was gambling. There were two main reasons for this: The first was...
This paper uses bingo?a lottery-style game particularly popular with older working class women?to ta...
As opportunities to gamble proliferated rapidly during the 1990s, accessibility to gambling faciliti...
In the winter of 2010, driving through a blizzard to a research interview outside of Ottawa, one of ...
The Mass Observation 1947 file report (2545c) on the gambling behaviours of the British made clear t...
The years 1853 to 1960 constituted a period of prohibition for off-course cash betting on horses. De...
Abstract. This article draws on the findings of quantitative and qualitative research undertaken bet...
Research consistently indicates that people with higher levels of qualifications are less likely to ...
This paper draws on recent and on-going research into ‘at home’ gambling practices including a proje...
This research explores historical perspectives on gambling amongst poorer social groups in order to ...
While once subject to wide-ranging state control, gambling has successfully culturally embedded itse...
This paper helps to address a deficiency of gender specific research into gambling. It focuses on ga...
The catastrophe of the Second World War had a significant effect on British social and economic life...
Greyhound racing emerged rapidly in Britain in 1926 but in its early years was subject to rabid inst...
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the growing body of research which uses qualitative approa...
The topic I chose for this study was gambling. There were two main reasons for this: The first was...
This paper uses bingo?a lottery-style game particularly popular with older working class women?to ta...
As opportunities to gamble proliferated rapidly during the 1990s, accessibility to gambling faciliti...
In the winter of 2010, driving through a blizzard to a research interview outside of Ottawa, one of ...