Abstract
By adopting a developmental approach, this essay describes and analyses the key processes that led to the establishment and institutionalization of sports gambling in Israel. The socio-historic examination of these processes (1951–1971) suggests that sports gambling in Israel was primarily designed to satisfy a convergence of political interests among governmental decision-makers, leaders of sports institutions and powerful private entrepreneurs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 84-100 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | The International Journal of the History of Sport |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2009 |