Gambling: theories and methods Books
Oldcastle Books Ltd Squares Sharps Suckers Sharks
Book SynopsisPeople have been gambling, in one form or another, for as long as history itself. Why? Money, entertainment, escape and a desire to win are all traditional explanations. Arguably, however, these are secondary considerations to a higher order purpose: a craving for control. Gambling offers a means of gaining authority over the unknown,...Trade Review'Squares & Sharps, Suckers & Sharks is a thoughtful book and a refreshing read' - Betfair Pro Trader; 'Joseph delivers on his promise to familiarise anybody with an interest in betting or investing with the workings of the betting mind through an abundance of practical examples' - PinnacleTable of ContentsGod Does Play Dice Cleopatra's Nose To Gamble or not to Gamble: is there a Question? The Three Rs: Risk, Reward and Rationality The Harder I Work, the Luckier I Get Monkeys Throwing Darts Ginsberg's Theorem Winner Takes All A Market for Lemons The Fox and the Hedgehog Bibliography
£23.96
HarperCollins Publishers John Daly
Book SynopsisThe 1995 Open Champion and legendary wild man of golf recalls the best and worst of his life: his inspirational play on both US and European tours; the demons that afflicted him on the course and his addiction to gambling and drink; and the trashed hotel rooms and spectacular marital problems.John Daly took professional golf by storm when he came out of nowhere to win the 1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick in Indiana. A big hitter, Daly quickly became a favourite with PGA crowds for his long drives and no-frills philosophy of grip it and rip it.' Almost as quickly he became a controversial figure thanks to his on-course fits of temper and off-course bouts of drinking and gambling.He won the Open Championship in 1995 at St Andrews, then suffered through six years of poor play and personal turmoil before winning the BMW International Open in Munich in September 2001. In February 2004 he returned to the winner''s circle on the PGA Tour, winning the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines.DTrade Review‘The most explicit sporting autobiography of recent years’ Guardian ‘An open, honest account’ The Times ‘Does not gloss over any aspect of his life’ Daily Mail 'Describes with brutal honesty his excessive life on the pro-golf circuit, both on and off the green.' Daily Express 'A rollercoaster read,' Belfast Telegraph
£10.44
Pitch Publishing Ltd The Definitive Guide to Betting on Football
Book Synopsis"The Definitive Guide to Betting on Football" is a distillation of "Racing Post" expert Kevin Pullein's extensive knowledge on how to make money when betting on football. His weekly column in the "Post" is hugely popular with sports betting fans. In this masterwork Pullein explains how you can work out what is likely to happen during a football match and how you might be able to exploit this knowledge profitably by betting. In each chapter there will be both theory and practice, in separate but complementary sections. The theory will always be simply explained and illustrated, and will satisfy both the more-specialist and the less-experienced reader alike, each of whom will be able to get out of it want they want most - as well as a lot of other things beside. Topics include first and second half betting, corners, first goalscorer, final result, bookings, spread betting, betting exchanges and ante post.
£9.49
Via Regia Verbal Poker Tells
£20.96
Oldcastle Books Ltd A Gentleman's Guide to Calculating Winning Bets
Book SynopsisA Racing Ready Reckoner One of the most comprehensive and useful ready reckoners ever published and, with a simple guide to settling bets which explains the short cuts and systems used by the professional bet settler, there is no bet that a Gentleman should not be able to calculate himself. This handy guide covers: � The settlement of all standard bets such as Singles, Doubles, Trebles, Accumulators, forecasts and much more � Details on how to calculate the newer and more esoteric bets � Short cuts to settling your bets � Chart which shows odds as a percentage � Achieving Value for Money � How to make a 'book' � Tic Tac 'sign language' chart of all the major prices - know what the bookies are 'saying' � Full glossary of bets and betting terms
£11.69
Rowman & Littlefield Billiards, Revised and Updated: The Official
Book SynopsisHere in a single, compact handbook are all the rules for the myriad forms of pocket billiards. Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book is complete with detailed instructions on how to play everything from Basic Pocket Billiards to Cut-Throat, together with the rules for tournament games such as Nine Ball and Rotation, and Snooker and Carom games. These are the official rules of billiards from the Billiard Congress of America, the governing body of professional billiards in the United States. A very helpful chapter for the beginner includes professional tips on basic techniques and strategies. Also included are a glossary of billiard terms and a summary of BCA billiards champions.
£10.79
Taylor Trade Publishing Get the Edge at Craps
Book SynopsisThis is the book craps players have been waiting for! For the first time ever, the casino's worst nightmare, the amazing player known as Sharpshooter, reveals his secrets for getting the edge at craps—how to control the dice when you shoot in order to reduce the appearance of certain numbers (the 7!) and increase the appearance of other numbers. If you learn Sharpshooter's methods of dice control or rhythmic rolling, craps becomes not only a beatable game but a money maker for the player!
£10.79
Profile Books Ltd The Perfect Bet: Taking the Luck out of Gambling
Book SynopsisGamblers have been trying to figure out how to game the system since our ancestors first made wagers over dice fashioned from knucklebones: in revolutionary Paris, the 'martingale' strategy was rumoured to lead to foolproof success at roulette ; today, professional gamblers are using cutting-edge techniques to tilt the odds in their favour. Science is giving us the competitive edge over opponents, casinos and bookmakers. But is there such a thing as a perfect bet? The Perfect Bet looks beyond probability and statistics to examine how wagers have inspired a plethora of new disciplines - spanning chaos theory, machine learning and game theory - which are not just revolutionising gambling, but changing our fundamental notions about chance, randomness and luck. Explaining why poker is gaming's last bastion of human superiority over AI, how methods originally developed for the US nuclear programme are helping pundits predict sports results and why a new breed of algorithms are losing banks millions, The Perfect Bet has the inside track on any wager you'd care to place.Trade ReviewThis book is full of magic. It's brimming with clever people and clever ideas... The links between betting and science run deep and wide, allowing Kucharski to cover some thrilling intellectual territory. * New Scientist *Terrific: beautifully written, solidly researched and full of surprises * New York Times Numberplay blog *Elegant and amusing ... anyone planning to enter a casino or place an online bet would be advised to keep this book handy * Wall Street Journal *Kucharski's clear prose and eye for an entertaining historical anecdote give his book an accessible feel ... an enjoyable account. * Racing Post *[An] enjoyable... paean to human ingenuity, and a Robin Hood tale of wealth redistribution. * Daily Telegraph *Great stories of how smart people have used maths, statistics and science to try and beat the odds - legally' -- David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, University of CambridgeA wild ride through the history, psychology, mathematics, and technology of gaming - a remarkable look behind the curtain of what most people think is intuitive, but isn't -- Paul Offit, author of Bad FaithWith an entertaining writing style, Adam Kucharski guides us through the history and state of the art of "The Perfect Bet," showing us how mathematics and computers are used to come up with optimal ways to gamble, play games, bluff, and invest our money. Extremely well-written and carefully researched. I highly recommend it. -- Arthur Benjamin, Author of 'The Magic of Maths'A lucid yet sophisticated look at the mathematics of probability as it's played out on gaming tables, arenas, and fields... Gamblers and math buffs alike will enjoy it for its smart approach to real-world problems * Kirkus Reviews *
£9.49
Pitch Publishing Ltd Racing Post Betting Guide
Book SynopsisPunters have never had it so good. In a world of rapidly progressive technology and ever-changing ways to bet, the days of punting solely in the betting shop and on the racecourse are long gone. Since the invention of Betfair in 2000 and the mass move online, bookmakers have never been closer to their customers. Punters are able to place bets at the click of a button - on the move, from the pub and even in the office - and the gambling industry has boomed because of it. Football has taken over as the market leader but horseracing is still hugely popular, while odds on other popular sports have opened them up to a fresh audience - the punters. But in a world of flickering screens and rifling numbers can come confusion. Whether you're a newcomer or a seasoned bettor, the Racing Post Betting Guide provides a lighter look at betting in the current climate, covering horseracing, football and other major sports such as golf, cricket and tennis. The views of our unparelled team of experts can help shape your thinking. Call on the Racing Post's unrivalled expertise, soak up all the knowledge you can and become a better bettor. Among the chapters to consider are: Ten top tips by Pricewise supremo Tom Segal-Studying the form by tipping judge Paul Kealy-Football accas and in-play by Mark Langdon-Punting at the big festivals by David Jennings-Golf betting and the Majors by Steve Palmer-Betting on the favourites by Richard Birch-Tackling the handicaps by Keith Melrose. Other forms of betting covered are: Betting exchanges, pool betting, multiple bets, ante-post betting, pedigree punting plus betting on NFL, darts, rugby, UFC and cycling plus more!
£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Busting Vegas
Book SynopsisHe played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life.Semyon Dukach was known as the Darling of Las Vegas. A legend at age twenty-one, this cocky hotshot was the biggest high roller to appear in Sin City in decades, a mathematical genius with a system the casinos had never seen before and couldn''t stop — a system that has never been revealed until now; that has nothing to do with card counting, wasn''t illegal, and was more powerful than anything that had been tried before.Las Vegas. Atlantic City. Aruba. Barcelona. London. And the jewel of the gambling crown — Monte Carlo.Dukach and his fellow MIT students hit them all and made millions. They came in hard, with stacks of cash; big, seemingly insane bets; women hanging on their arms; and fake identities. Although they were taking classes and studying for exams during the week, ove
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People
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£13.99
Cornerstone Straight Flush
Book SynopsisStraight Flush is the true story of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local bar into one of the largest online poker companies in the world.At its height, the group''s online empire was bringing in revenues of over a million dollars a day. The industry they launched grew so huge so fast, and in such a grey area of US and international law, at first it was never really clear whether their actions were legal or criminal. From setting up their operations in Costa Rica, to their efforts at building a veil of legitimacy in Vancouver; from embracing a hedonistic lifestyle of girls, drugs and money to becoming some of the richest people in the world; from engaging in operations against their competitors that sometimes escalated into near all-out wars to the legal battles that finally resulted in one of them heading to prison and another living life on the run Straight Flush is an exclusive look behind the headlines of one of the biggest stories of the past decade.Trade ReviewMezrich writes some of the most exciting non-fiction books I've ever read ... This is a fascinating tale ... Mezrich's huge strength as an author is that he manages to bring characters to life so quickly. Within a few chapters, everyone who he's writing about has been vividly described and I was desperate to find out what happened to each of them * The Bookbag *Peppered with fast cars, cocktails, parties and beautiful women, this is an exhilarating ride. * Press Association, syndicated review *Ben Mezrich’s Straight Flush reads like a thriller and it rattles along at breakneck speed … It’s a well written book about an internet start up and how it all went wrong. * Irish Times *Mesmerizing * Sorted magazine - 5 STARS *A pacy read * Sunday Business Post *
£13.85
Cornerstone The Sure Thing
Book SynopsisNick Townsend was, for many years, a sports feature writer on the Daily Mail before joining the Independent on Sunday, initially as football correspondent and later chief sports writer. He is currently a freelance writer, predominantly for the Sunday Times. He collaborated with Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Ben Ainslie on their autobiographies. He is a long-time confidant of Barney Curley and assisted him with his acclaimed life story Giving A Little Back. He lives with his wife Louise in Oxfordshire.Trade ReviewNick Townsend tells the story with panache, helped by a close acquaintance with the Irish mastermind of the scheme, Barney Curley, a name which bookmakers have had reason to curse on several occasions… It gets properly into its stride when it focuses on the coup, which in its innovative daring calls to mind The Italian Job. * Independent on Sunday *The full story of how the legendary gambler does it is unveiled. It helps if you know your way around racing, but if you don’t this book will make you want to get clued-up fast. * Daily Sport *This is an enthralling read, extremely entertaining, and a revealing insight into one of horse racing’s most colourful, and controversial, characters * The Press *Fascinating… written with commendable skill and verve. It is a very readable book. Curley and his coups combine to make a unique story, well told. * Racing Post *This is a brilliant read. Love horse racing or not, you won’t be able to put it down once the action gets going. I just can't wait for the BBC to snap up the rights. * Wexford People *
£10.44
Penguin Books Ltd On the Edge
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£13.49
Oxford University Press Inc For a Dollar and a Dream State Lotteries in
Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of American state lotteries, For a Dollar and a Dream shows how players and policymakers alike got hooked on hopes for a big windfall.Trade ReviewIn addition to providing a chronological history of the spread of lotteries, this volume also examines the peculiar paradox of lottery advertising and the politics of lotteries in the South. All in all, this is a well-researched look at an enduring American phenomenon that, as a recent $2 billion Powerball jackpot demonstrated, seems to be here to stay. * D. G. Schwartz, CHOICE *Cohen argues that the history of lotteries shows that the same conditions that spur players to spend large chunks of their often-meager incomes on lottery tickets hoping for a life-changing jackpot have also motivated states to legalize and promote lotteries....In addition to providing a chronological history of the spread of lotteries, this volume also examines the peculiar paradox of lottery advertising and the politics of lotteries in the South. All in all, this is a well-researched look at an enduring American phenomenon that, as a recent $2 billion Powerball jackpot demonstrated, seems to be here to stay. * Choice *For A Dollar and a Dream is a powerful and incisive look into the lottery era in this country and how gambling is a reflection of its time. Jonathan D. Cohen reveals how state governments have gambled with the citizenry as they 'bet on betting' to avoid taxation. Most importantly he de-stigmatizes those people who play lotteries, showing that a quest to hit it big with winning tickets is a quest to achieve the American Dream by the only means available. Luck is at the heart of lotteries, and we're lucky that Cohen decided to write this deeply researched and captivating book. * Bridgett M. Davis, author of The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers *Into this wild decade of NFTs, SPACs, and cryptocurrencies, wherein America's meritocratic ethos is confronted by a casino's worth of speculative investment schemes, Jonathan Cohen delivers more than just a fascinating history of state lotteries, but a window into the nation's hot mess of humanity: our tribal tendencies, social hierarchies, economic insecurities, political chicanery, religious delusions, aversion to taxation, and deeply held beliefs about work, fate, self-reliance, and deservedness of our fortunes, good or ill. For a Dollar and a Dream pegs America's lottery fervor to the same societal forces that fueled the rise of prosperity gospel during the '60s and '70s. Games of chance and faith in the unknowable, as one source explains, are but two sides of the same coin, ways for humanity to deal with life's precarious prospects. * Michael Mechanic, author of Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live, and How Their Wealth Harms Us All *With a fluid narrative that travels from the sidewalks of Newark and Chicago, to sunny California, to Bible Belt Georgia, this book allows us to understand the manner in which a complex and pernicious system of government lotteries has emerged. Cohen examines our sordid politics as well as our inner lives, shedding light on the dreamworld that lotteries have created in which American beliefs about wealth and religion have blurred into a confused synthesis. Widespread lottery participation has been at the center of American reaction to the emergence of glaring inequality in the late twentieth century. State governments have adopted an adverse position towards their citizens, and this book explains how this all came to be. * Matthew Vaz, author of Running the Numbers: Race, Police, and the History of Urban Gambling *For a Dollar and a Dream will be the reference for historical analysis of the gambling industry in the United States. * Richard McGowan, S.J., Boston College *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: An Astronomical Source of Income: The Return of State Lotteries Chapter 2: Not Luck, But the Work of God: Merit and Miracles in the 1970s Chapter 3: Rivers of Gold: The Lottery Industry and the Tax Revolt Chapter 4: Somebody's Gotta Win, Might as Well Be Me: Lottomania in the 1980s Chapter 5: This Could Be Your Ticket Out: The Paradox of Lottery Advertising Chapter 6: Selling Hope: Lottery Politics in the South Conclusion: Jackpot Notes Index
£28.02
University of Illinois Press Cheating the Spread
Book Synopsis Delving into the history of gambling and corruption in intercollegiate sports, Cheating the Spread recounts all of the major gambling scandals in college football and basketball. Digging through court records, newspapers, government documents, and university archives and conducting private interviews, Albert J. Figone finds that game rigging has been pervasive and nationwide throughout most of the sports'' history. The insidious practice has spread to implicate not only bookies and unscrupulous gamblers but also college administrators, athletic organizers, coaches, fellow students, and the athletes themselves. Naming the players, coaches, gamblers, and go-betweens involved, Figone discusses numerous college basketball and football games reported to have been fixed and describes the various methods used to gain unfair advantage, inside information, or undue profit. His survey of college football includes early years of gambling on games between eTrade Review"Cheating the Spread is an important study that usefully synthesizes existing literature on college sports gambling and the major scandals and provides a wealth of new information gleaned from heretofore untapped sources. The exhaustive research in Cheating the Spread has a comprehensive sweep that is stunning."--Richard O. Davies, author of Sports in American Life: A History "A compelling, informative look into the dark side of collegiate athletics."--Booklist"An informative account illustrating the nature of incentives in big-time college athletics. It should be required reading for any serious student of college athletics."--The International Journal of the History of Sport
£16.14
University of Washington Press Counterpunch The Cultural Battles over
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Frisbee has written a lively and engaging book about boxing in the American West, with a particular focus on the turn-of-the-century Progressive Era. . . . Counterpunch is a finely researched, nuanced, and well-written study that deserves a wide readership among historians of sports, the West, and Progressive Era America." -- Brian M. Ingrassia * Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains *"A compelling read beyond the narratives of early American heavyweight prizefighters. . . . Entertaining and engaging. . . . Boxing fans will undoubtedly enjoy this piece of sport history, but sociologists and sport historians in general might also find the author’s descriptions of the social, symbolic and political conflicts over heavyweight prizefighting in American compelling." -- Anne Tjonndal * idrottsforum.org *"A compelling book that uses prizefighting as a lens to examine political battles between white men, their concerns about manhood, and the need for progressive reform in the West. . . . Frisbee’s ability to describe the events will entertain boxing enthusiasts." -- Louis Moore * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *"In this sprightly, well-researched book, Frisbee examines the political battles over prizefighting in the West. . . Frisbee demonstrates that the most important matches of the time took place outside the ring in courtrooms and legislative chambers, where Westerners battled for the region's future. At stake were differing versions of morality, economic freedom, and social liberty. Highly recommended. All readers." * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The “Slogging” Craze in San Francisco 2. The “Daring” Conservatives 3. Borderline 4. Nevada’s Gamble 5. Paradise Lost 6. Prizefighting Is Not a Crime Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£571.88
Little, Brown Book Group Bigger Deal A Year on the New Poker Circuit by
Book SynopsisFifteen years on from Anthony Holden''s undisputed classic BIG DEAL, the poker world has changed beyond recognition. When Holden played in the 1988 World Series of Poker there were 167 entrants competing for a prize of $270,000. At the 2006 WSOP, where this book climaxes, there were 8773 players and a first prize of some $12 million - the richest in any sport. What happened in the years between BIG DEAL and BIGGER DEAL is simple: thanks to the Internet and television there has been a worldwide explosion in the popularity of poker. The game even has a new respectable image, much to the disgust of die-hard players. Gone are the seedy, smoky rooms of the Horseshoe, and celebrities now crowd the tables at huge Las Vegas tournaments: Martin Sheen, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are all dedicated players. In the UK, LATE NIGHT POKER draws some 2 million viewers (Holden was banned from the last series for doing too well). In BIGGER DEAL, Holden is your guide - and the only guide you''ll Trade ReviewHolden is the best possible guide to the new worlds of poker. He has seen it before, and lived it * Telegraph *It's Holden's effortless prose that makes BIGGER DEAL a triumph. His ebullience is infectious * Poker Player Magazine *BIG DEAL was high stakes gonzo ... BIGGER DEAL represents the more measured reportage of the seasoned semi-pro * Metro NON-FICTION OF THE WEEK *A smoking-hot report from today's poker scene * Poker Listings *
£11.63
WW Norton & Co Titanic Thompson
Book Synopsis“The ultimate hustler . . . a rollicking tale.”—Sports IllustratedTrade Review"Highly enjoyable." -- Wall Street Journal"Titanic Thompson is as emblematically American as Babe Ruth or Mark Twain. . . . Cook gives us the real deal." -- Los Angeles Times"Remarkable." -- Audie Cornish - NPR"A crackerjack biography." -- Seattle Times"Here's a wonderful contradiction: a delightful, breezy account of the most outrageous grifter who ever worked the dark side streets of the American dream. If there'd been any money in the pro game back then, he might have been the most talented golfer of a generation that included Nelson and Hogan. He became, instead, the premiere con man of the twentieth century who never held public office. If this was fiction, you wouldn't believe a word of it. You still might not believe it, but it's all true, and it's all here." -- Mark Frost, author of The Greatest Game Ever Played and The Match"Kevin Cook’s biography vividly illuminates the life of Titanic Thompson, perhaps the craftiest golfer and poker player—and certainly the most dangerous hustler—of his, or just about any, generation." -- James McManus, bestselling author of Positively Fifth Street and Cowboys Full"Titanic was a legend, one of the toughest, smartest gamblers of all time. Kevin Cook’s terrific book brings him back to life." -- Doyle Brunson, two-time winner of the World Series of Poker, member of the Poker Hall of Fame"Even money you’re going to read this book in a night, maybe two. Five to one you’re going to practice shuffling cards or throwing quarters against a wall or chipping golf balls into a shot glass when you’re finished. Ten to one you’re going to claim you can throw a peanut over a three-story building. Hundred to one you’re going to get married a bunch of times, kill a few people, make and lose a fortune and...oh, read the book and find out. You won’t be disappointed." -- Leigh Montville, author of The Mysterious Montague
£12.99
Houghton Mifflin Picking Winners Horseplayers Guide
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£12.12
Random House USA Inc According to Hoyle Official Rules of More Than
Book Synopsis'A must for anyone who wants to play a game and play it correctly.'Charles H. GorenWhether you play card games, dice games, parlor games, word games, chess, checker, backgammon, or solitaire games, here is a comprehensive, up-to-date book with the complete rules of your favorite games of skill and chance. ACCORDING TO HOYLE gives not only the rules but expert advice on winning, too.
£13.29
Penguin Putnam Inc Trading Bases
Book SynopsisAn ex-Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics and beat the Vegas odds with his own betting methods. Here is the story of how Joe Peta turned fantasy baseball into a dream come true. Joe Peta turned his back on his Wall Street trading career to pursue an ingenious—and incredibly risky—dream. He would apply his risk-analysis skills to Major League Baseball, and treat the sport like the S&P 500. In Trading Bases, Peta takes us on his journey from the ballpark in San Francisco to the trading floors and baseball bars of New York and the sportsbooks of Las Vegas, telling the story of how he created a baseball “hedge fund” with an astounding 41 percent return in his first year. And he explains the unique methods he developed. Along the way, Peta provides insight into the Wall Street crisis he managed to escape: the fragility of the midnineties investment model; the dis
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John Wiley & Sons Inc An Unsafe Bet
Book SynopsisAn Unsafe Bet? The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate We Should Be Having reveals how gambling represents a danger to public health due to its inherent addiction potential, which is being intentionally downplayed by the gambling industry and governments. Lays bare the extent of gambling and its effects on society Exposes the dilemma for policy makers, who are charged with protecting public health but also increasingly dependent on revenues earned from gambling Written by Jim Orford, an internationally respected authority on the topic International examples broaden the argument and reveal the global stakes involved Table of ContentsPreface. Section I: Gambling is Growing. 1. The Extraordinary International Growth of Gambling. 2. The Rise of Gambling in Britain. Section II: Gambling is Dangerous. 3. Gambling Addiction. 4. Modern Addiction Theory Applied to Gambling. 5. Does the Fault Lie in the Person or in the Product? Section III: Gambling is Controversial. 6. Discourses of Gambling: ElevenWays of Talking About the Subject. 7. Public Attitudes Towards Gambling Are Negative. 8. The Costs and Benefits of Gambling for Society: A Hotly Contested Subject. Section IV: Gambling Expansion is Not Being Challenged. 9. Governments Are Complicit in Supporting the Interests of the Gambling Industry. 10. Trapped: The Disempowering Effects of Failure to Challenge the Growth of Gambling. 11. Conclusions and Recommendations: The DebateWe Should be Having. Sources. References. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Gaming Industry Introduction and Perspectives
Book SynopsisAn authoritative introduction to the world of professional gaming and casino management, from the authorities on the subject, the faculty of the UNLV International Gaming Institute: Vincent H. Eade, Director David J. Christianson, Dean William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration Contributing faculty members: Frank D. Borsenik Leslie E.Table of ContentsHistorical Background (R. Martin). The Economics of Gaming (J. Milanowski). CASINO OPERATIONS. The Regulation and Control of Casino Gaming (A. Cabot). Casino Organizational Structures (V. Eade). Hotel/Casino Food and Beverage Operations (J. Stefanelli and A. Nazarechuk). Casino Marketing (J. Brown). Casino Cage Operations (R. Eade). Casino Revenue Recognition (B. Fried and G. Goussak). Reporting of Cash Transactions (J. Kilby). GAMING. The Mathematics of Casino Games (F. Borsenik). Utility Analysis of Gaming Motivation (Z. Gu). CASINO MANAGEMENT AND GAMING EDUCATION. Gaming Management and the College Curriculum (L. Cummings and P. Brewer).
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The University of Michigan Press Governing Fortune
Book SynopsisProvides an introduction to the American gaming landscape. This book summarizes the legal framework supporting the gaming industry and reviews the costs and benefits of casinos by showing how tax base and job growth vary widely with site-specific factors. It offers both regional and sector comparisons of the gaming industry.Trade ReviewGoss and Morse provide an outstandingly sound economic understanding of the function and place of casinos in American society, including essential heretofore unavailable grounding in the legal issues that the book accomplishes remarkably effectively. Moreover, this wealth of economic and legal information is transmitted in an engaging and readable manner. Scholarly, thoughtfully collected and authoritative, the book is of interest to any learner of the gambling industry, including students, civic activists, legislators, and scholars. - Earl Grinols, Baylor University ""In this book, Morse and Goss make important contributions to our understanding of the negative outcomes of the expansion of gambling in America."" - Jon Bruning, Nebraska Attorney General
£85.50
The University of Michigan Press Governing Fortune
Book SynopsisProvides an introduction to the American gaming landscape. This book summarizes the legal framework supporting the gaming industry and reviews the costs and benefits of casinos by showing how tax base and job growth vary widely with site-specific factors. It offers both regional and sector comparisons of the gaming industry.Trade ReviewGoss and Morse provide an outstandingly sound economic understanding of the function and place of casinos in American society, including essential heretofore unavailable grounding in the legal issues that the book accomplishes remarkably effectively. Moreover, this wealth of economic and legal information is transmitted in an engaging and readable manner. Scholarly, thoughtfully collected and authoritative, the book is of interest to any learner of the gambling industry, including students, civic activists, legislators, and scholars. - Earl Grinols, Baylor University ""In this book, Morse and Goss make important contributions to our understanding of the negative outcomes of the expansion of gambling in America."" - Jon Bruning, Nebraska Attorney General
£84.95
Dover Publications Inc. The Book on Games of Chance the 16th Century
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Princeton University Press Whats Luck Got to Do with It
Book SynopsisWhy do so many gamblers risk it all when they know the odds of winning are against them? Why do they believe dice are 'hot' in a winning streak? Why do we expect heads on a coin toss after several flips have turned up tails? This book takes a look at the mathematics, history, and psychology of gambling to reveal various misconceptions about luck.Trade Review"From the dice-playing of Neolithic peoples to modern lotteries and casino capitalism, he tracks the history of placing bets. He explains both the mathematics of chance and the psychological and emotional factors that entice some people to risk it all to win that improbable jackpot."--Joanne Baker, Nature "In What's Luck Got to Do With It?, mathematician Joseph Mazur explores these misconceptions, taking the reader on an entertaining and accessible tour of the history of gambling, the way mathematicians quantify luck and the psychology that keeps gamblers returning to the table. A book worth taking a chance on."--New Scientist "Doubtless aimed at the interested gambler, the frequent cultural references, anecdotes and intervention of psychology nevertheless make the book appealing reading."--Times Higher Education "Both an analysis of the idea of luck, the gambling impulse, and a history of it, stretching back to Neolithic times, the Renaissance (Francis Drake and Ben Johnson often played hazard--an early form of dice) up to the age of one-arm bandits."--Steven Carroll, The Age "Because Mazur's not judgmental about luck and gambling, but is analytical, the book is a winner. It's not just a mathematician telling us that we'll never hit a million-dollar jackpot--it's a mathematician looking at why we continue to hope to hit that jackpot. This book should be required reading for anyone in the casino business, and anyone who spends more than a fraction of their disposable income on gambling should find it informative, if nothing else. It's a reasoned, but also passionate, search for the meaning of luck that may change the way you look at a pair of dice--or your mortgage."--dieiscast.com "What's Luck Got to Do with It? is an entertaining and informative history of gambling beginning with the Ice Age... Anyone who has an interest in probability will enjoy Mazur's ideas and insights."--Mathematics Teacher "Readers will find many an unexpected treat in Mazur's exploration of luck, or, as Mazur might say, the likelihood of long runs of desired outcomes within the purview of the law of large numbers."--Andrew James Simpson, Mathematical Reviews Clippings "Mazur's book is appealing to virtually anyone with an interest in the human psyche. It should certainly be given out to anyone arriving for work on their first day on Wall Street. Perhaps it would help to avoid a few more disasters."--Sam Marsden, Jackpot Gaming LimitedTable of ContentsIntroduction xi Part I: The History Chapter 1. Pits, Pebbles, and Bones Rolling to Discover Fate 3 Chapter 2. The Professionals Luck Becomes Measurable 19 Chapter 3. From Coffeehouses to Casinos Gaming Becomes Big Business 37 Chapter 4. There's No Stopping It Now From Bans to Bookies 46 Chapter 5. Betting with Trillions The 2008 World Economic Calamity 58 Part II : The Mathematics Chapter 6. Who's Got a Royal Flush? One Deal as Likely as Another 75 Chapter 7. The Behavior of a Coin Making Predictions with Probability 83 Chapter 8. Someone Has to Win Betting against Expectation 101 Chapter 9. A Truly Astonishing Result The Weak Law of Large Numbers 118 Chapter 10. The Skill/Luck Spectrum Even Great Talent Needs Some Good Fortune 131 Part III : The Analysis Chapter 11. Let It Ride The House Money Effect 157 Chapter 12. Knowing When to Quit Psychomanaging Risk 168 Chapter 13. The Theories What Makes a Gambler? 182 Chapter 14. Hot Hands Expecting Long Runs of the Same Outcome 202 Chapter 15. Luck The Dicey Illusion 209 Acknowledgments 217 Appendix A. Descriptions of the Games Used in This Book 219 Appendix B. Glossary of Gambling Terms Used in This Book 224 Appendix C. The Weak Law of Large Numbers 227 Appendix D. Glossary of Mathematical Definitions 229 Appendix E. Callouts 236 Notes 249 Further Reading 265 Index 267
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Prentice Hall Press Living Bread
Book SynopsisA new cookbook from the pioneer bread baker who revolutionised artisan bread baking, with 60 recipes inspired by bakers around the world.
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Atria Books Bringing Down the House
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Simon & Schuster Big Deal
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Ebury Publishing The LifeChanging Magic of Numbers
Book SynopsisBOBBY SEAGULL became a cult star as a contestant on University Challenge in 2017. He is now an obsessive quiz enthusiast, TV presenter, secondary school maths teacher, a doctoral student researching maths anxiety at Cambridge University and also a long-suffering West Ham fan.Trade ReviewTruly mind-blowing... Entertaining, playful and gloriously readable * Daily Mail *Bobby is probably the best-known maths teacher in the UK * Guardian *
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Tuttle Publishing Play American Mah Jongg Kit Everything you need
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. Sports Betting for Winners
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Kensington Publishing Every Hand Revealed
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Duke University Press Laws of Chance
Book SynopsisThe lottery called the jogo do bicho, or “animal game,” originated as a raffle at a zoo in Rio de Janeiro in 1892. During the next decade, it became a cultural phenomenon all over Brazil, where it remains popular today. Laws of Chance chronicles the game’s early history, as booking agents, dealers, and players spread throughout Rio and the lottery was outlawed and driven underground. Analyzing the game’s popularity, its persistence despite bouts of state repression, and its sociocultural meanings, Amy Chazkel unearths a rich history of popular participation in urban public life in the decades after the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the establishment of the Brazilian republic in 1889. Contending that the jogo do bicho was a precursor to the massive informal economies that developed later in the twentieth century, she sheds new light on the roots of the informal trade that is central to daily life in urban Latin America. The jogo do bicho opeTrade Review“Focusing on a fascinating place and time, Amy Chazkel casts unprecedented light on the tangled relations among gambling, market culture, and the modern state. She also tells a lot of good stories. Laws of Chance is a delight to read, as well as a major work of imaginative historical scholarship.”—Jackson Lears, author of Something for Nothing: Luck in America“Taking the origins and evolution of a seemingly innocuous and commonplace informal lottery—the Brazilian ‘animal game’—as a foundation, this study builds concentric rings of information and analysis to explore relationships between law and practice, state and society, formal institutions and everyday life. The result is an illuminating essay on modernity and urban culture more broadly.”—Thomas Holloway, University of California, Davis“Carefully crafted and theoretically informed, Chazkel’s thought-provoking book joins recent works by Brodwyn Fischer and Janice Perlman to deepen our understanding of lower-class life in twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro and the important, if often misinterpreted, relationship between state and society. . . . Her account of the complex interaction between state and society moves us far beyond superficial understandings based on models of repression and resistance and deepens our understanding of Latin America’s urban modernity.” -- Hendrik Kraay * The Americas *“This intriguing study carefully considers the game from its modest beginnings up through its florescence as a virtual “culture industry” in Brazil.” -- Andrew Grant Wood * American Historical Review *“Laws of Chance is well written, and a joy to read. Methodologically, Chazkel offers a deft interweaving of social and jurisprudential theory with a detailed examination of historical experience…. Laws of Chance exposes a fascinating and hitherto unexplored segment of turn-of-the-twentiethcentury business and city life in Rio de Janeiro to the light of day. The book also offers an excellent example of the ways in which business and cultural history intersect and can reinforce each other.” -- Gail Triner, * Business History Review *“Laws of Chance is that rare monograph that truly delivers on the promise of its subtitle...Chazkel's study rises to the forefront of the new wave of social history that has succeeded in pushing well beyond the tired binaries of repression/resistance and agency/subjugation.” -- Zephyr Frank * Journal of Social History *“Laws of Chance is well-written and free of jargon, effectively weaving description and analysis with great historical imagination and theoretical relevance. The book is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on urban studies, modern Latin American state-society relations, postabolition citizenship, and the development of informal economies. Its importance to all these fields reflects how the book, by historicizing the jogo do bicho and the ambiguous, informal world it inhabited, advances important disciplinary and interdisciplinary arguments about extralegality, citizenship, and urban development.” -- Patricia Acerbi * Hispanic American Historical Review *"Chazkel’s book is insightful and well crafted, providing an in-depth look at one of the practices most commonly associated with the origins of Brazil’s current corruption." -- Manuel Balan * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsIllustrations ix Tables xi About the Series xiii Acknowledgments xv A Note on Brazilian Currency and Orthography xix Introduction 1 1. Origins of the Jogo do Bicho 27 2. The Rules of the Game 69 3. An Underworld of Goods 101 4. Playing with Money in Republican Rio de Janeiro 141 5. Lives of the Players 165 6. Vale o Escrito 205 Epilogue 253 Notes 269 Glossary of Portuguese Terms 313 Bibliography 315 Index 339
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Harriman House Publishing Sports Betting to Win
Book SynopsisTeaches you how to bet on sports with the same discipline and mindset as the professionals. This book helps you make your trades and bank your wins for the long term, avoiding the perennial dangers of overconfidence, irrationality and emotion. It also helps you in establishing a firm psychological foundation for long-term betting success.Table of ContentsAbout the Author Acknowledgements Preface - Bring Discipline and Professionalism to Your Betting Introduction - Why Do People Lose at Betting, and What Can Be Done About it? - Why is it that so few people are able to win at sports betting over time? - Are there any commonalities in the 10% that do win? - Can someone improve their betting performance to become a long-term winner? - Becoming more successful and profitable - Core contributors to this book 1. Think Differently Thinking differently Mindset - the foundation of success Key components of the winning betting mindset Training your brain, changing your mind 2. Bet for Profits, not Excitement What is your motivation for betting on sport? What is your betting type? Uncovering your core betting motivations Creating inner drive for long-term success 3. Prepare to Win Know the game Betting success factors - stacking the odds in your favour Developing a betting plan Creating your betting strategy Specialise to get an edge Warming up - PREParation 4. Keep Score The benefits of record keeping and evaluation Keeping a written record of your bets Evaluating your betting 5. Make Rational Decisions Why rational decision-making matters How do you make a decision? What stops us from being rational and what can we do about it? Mental shortcuts - biases Summary: 10 ways to help you to make more rational decisions 6. Don't Chase Losses Why do people chase losses? Are you making matters worse? How to stop chasing losses 7. Control the Frequency and Size of Your Bets Controlling the frequency of your betting The costs of over betting Control the size of your bets: size matters 8. Manage Your Emotions How emotions affect your betting results Understanding how emotions are created Creating performance-enhancing emotions Dealing with performance-limiting emotions positively 9. Manage the Ups and the Downs Sports betting is a rollercoaster Losing streaks and the downside of sports betting The winning run and when times are great 10. Focus on Continual Improvement The path to betting success Kaizen Development, learning and performance improvement Keep raising the bar, and learn and earn more Extra Time - Going Pro: Sports Betting Full Time Important considerations Making the move Living the life - full-time betting practicalities Appendix - The OODA Model Bibliography Index
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Harriman House Publishing Mastering Tennis Trading
Book SynopsisMastering Tennis Trading gives you the tools to take a calm, strategic approach to tennis trading - in contrast to the emotional, impulsive trading style of many - and this will give you an edge in the markets.
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Oldcastle Books Ltd Monte Carlo Or Bust
Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed account for how aspiring sports bettors can use a Monte Carlo simulation to improve the quality, and hopefully profitability, of their betting, and in doing so unravels the mystery of probability and variance that lies at the heart of all gambling. ...Trade ReviewA comprehensive guide for how to make randomness work for you, rather than against you... This is ground-breaking work * Pinnacle *
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MP-NEV University of Nevada The Players Men Who Made Las Vegas
Book SynopsisThis is an account of how some gambler-businessmen grasped Las Vegas's potential as a centre for high-stakes gambling, and turned it from a desert town into a booming holiday mecca. In researching this book, interviews were conducted with many of the surviving players and their associates.
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MP-NEV University of Nevada License to Steal Nevadas Gaming Control System
Book SynopsisSeven precedent-setting case studies taken from the files of the Nevada Gaming Control Board illustrate vital issues addressed in the first decade of the megaresorts.Trade ReviewIt’s a fascinating book. Rich in story and the kind of historic detail one hears from casino professionals at the end of a long night. In using the state’s gaming control institutions to tell the story of Las Vegas, however, Jeff Burbank gets the truth and from the sources and people who can document what happened. For fans of Las Vegas, and I am one, start reading and you can’t stop."" —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Casino and Wise Guy""License to Steal is the first ever, detailed examination of the regulation, and occasional non-regulation, of licensed gambling in Nevada. Jeff Burbank looks at the world with the eye of an experienced journalist: he presents concrete facts, not speculation or opinions. A good thing, because many of the stories he relates would be rejected as completely implausible if presented as fiction: the forger who did not know how to spell the name of his life-long friend, or the casino owner who threw parties with swastika-covered birthday cakes on Hitler’s birthday. Burbank’s straight presentation of the facts behind the ruling paints a complete picture of how the system really works."" —I. Nelson Rose, author of Gambling and the Law
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MP-NEV University of Nevada In the Desert of Desire Las Vegas and the
Book SynopsisExamines how Las Vegas' culture of spectacle has obscured boundaries between art and entertainment, as well as public and private interest. This work offers an insight into the increasing commercialization of nature and culture across America, and the ways Las Vegas has manipulated them to achieve ever-higher levels of extravagance and spectacle.Trade Review"In the Desert of Desire is a remarkable book. It deserves a wide readership, especially among students and scholars concerned with tourism, spectacle, and the American West. It should be required reading for those concerned with Las Vegas." - C. Richard King, Journal of the West "As I tagged along on his zigzagging explorations...I felt the exhilarated giddiness of one of those long, winding nocturnal rambles through the Strip itself." - Marc Cooper, Los Angeles Times Book Review"
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Gambling Collectibles
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