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Blackjack In The Kitchen: Understanding Online Versus Casino Gambling, June Cotte, Kathryn A. Latour Apr 2014

Blackjack In The Kitchen: Understanding Online Versus Casino Gambling, June Cotte, Kathryn A. Latour

Kathryn A. LaTour

About $10 billion a year is spent by consumers worldwide on online gambling, and that number continues to grow. We present a qualitative, image-based study of 30 Las Vegas online and casino gamblers. By examining online gambling as a consumption experience, we examine what happens to consumption meaning as gambling moves away from a regulated physical space to an unregulated online space, one accessed from home. We explore the meaning of online gambling consumption to consumers and flesh out the social welfare implications of our findings.


Information Technology Trends: Impact On Hotel Corporations, Galen Collins Jan 1995

Information Technology Trends: Impact On Hotel Corporations, Galen Collins

Hospitality Review

Hospitality organizations are embracing technology in all its aspects to ensure that they can effectively compete in today's market The author cites the results of a survey of corporate executives designed to assess how technology is affecting their organizations.