Meanings
- uncountableThe process of turning something into a casino, or introducing elements akin to casino gambling.
Have we witnessed the "casinoization" of Wall Street with its emphasis on short-term returns on investments?
1990, Southern Social Studies Journal3 more examples
But for many less-well-off writers, such fees have moved out of range. It is difficult to know what is lost through this rapid casinoization of the literary marketplace, but I suspect a substantial degree of diversity of voice and perspective has gone missing.
2006, Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal, Profession 2006, page 200Rather, the casinoization of gambling debates under New Labour reflected and reinforced a significant reorientation in political economic approach, involving the unabashed celebration of corporate leisure spectacles […]
2019, Kate Bedford, Bingo CapitalismThe concept of casinoization refers to social, economic, cultural, and political consequences of the booming gambling industry in a specific society.
2023 July 5, Tang In Lao, Jianhua Xu, “How Casinoization Affects the Police in Macao”, in Asian Journal of Law and Society, volume 11, number 1, page 3
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