Gambling Policies in European Welfare States Michael Egerer

1. Introduction: Gambling Regulations and the Use of Gambling Revenues in European Welfare States

Part I. Gambling for State-Run Welfare

2. Gambling for the State: The Collection and Redistribution of Gambling Proceeds in France

3. Italian Gambling Regulation: Justifications and Counter-Arguments

4. Gambling Policies and Law in Austria

5. Gambling Regulation in Spain

Part II. Gambling for Designated Purposes

6. Gambling and Doing Good? On the Relationship Between Gambling Regulations and Welfare Services in Germany

7. Gambling Policies in Slovenia: Financing Tourism Infrastructure, Sports and Designated Non-Governmental Organisations

8. State Lotteries in Europe: A Cross-National Comparison of How Lotteries Are Controlled, Operated and Benefit Government, Private Industry and Civil Society

9. The DNA of Bingo: Charity and Online Bingo

Part III. Legislative Changes

10. Why Restrict? Seven Explanations for the Electronic Gambling Machines Monopoly in Norway

11. The Future Swedish Gambling Market: Challenges in Law and Public Policies

12. After the Storm: An Analysis of Gambling Legislation in Poland and Its Effects

Part IV. Theoretical Perspectives

13. The Regulation of Gambling in Early Twenty-First Century Britain: Liberalisation and Its Consequences

14. Conceptions of the Common Good

15. The Public Interest Approach to Gambling Policy and Research

16. Conclusion: Contradictions in Promoting Gambling for Good Causes