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Roll the bones : the history of gambling
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- Creator
- David G. Schwartz
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Gotham Books, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- xix, 570 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1592402089, 9781592402083
- OCLC
- ocm69671951
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [501]-545) and index.
- Thoth's gift : the ancient origins of gambling -- The die is cast : from classical to medieval times -- Knaves and kings : cards come into play -- Taming Tyche : the science of chance creates professional gambling -- The Ridotto revolution : mercantile gamblers create the casino -- All is on the hazard : the British come into play -- Star-spangled gamblers : the birth of American gambling -- Baiting John Bull : British gambling, 1750-1914 -- Seeking the cure : spa gambling defines Europe -- Flight of the sparrow : gambling, conquest, and colonies -- Wild cards : gambling moves west -- Fools of fortune : American gambling becomes urban -- A sunny place for shady people : gambling on the French Riviera -- Wise guys and one-armed bandits : big-city gambling in the twentieth century -- Hard to resist : Nevada becomes America's gambling oasis -- The salvation of sin : is gambling a crime or a virtue? -- A place in the sun : the Strip is born -- Runaway American dream : gambling in the public interest -- All in : gambling's global spread -- A clockwork volcano : technology and triumph -- The dream : history in perspective