Gambling: theories and methods Books
Strategic Book Publishing An Introduction to Casino Operations Management from a Compliance Perspective
£9.10
Echo Point Books & Media How To Win At Gin Rummy: Playing for Fun and Profit
£18.95
Echo Point Books & Media How To Win At Gin Rummy: Playing for Fun and Profit
£24.95
Triumph Books Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball,
Book SynopsisLunardi delves into the early days of Bracketology, details its growth, and dispels the myths of the process The NCAA Tournament has become one of the most popular sports events in the country, consuming fans for weeks with the run to the Final Four and ultimately the crowning of the champion of college hoops. Each March, millions of Americans fill out their bracket in the hopes of correctly predicting the future.Yet, there is no true Madness without the oft-debated question about what teams should be seeded where—from the Power-5 Blue Blood with some early season stumbles on their resume to the mid-major that rampaged through their less competitive conference season—and the inventor of Bracketology himself, Joe Lunardi, now reveals the mystery and science behind the legend. While going in depth on his ever-evolving predictive formula, Lunardi compares great teams from different eras with intriguing results, talks to the biggest names in college basketball about their perception of Bracketology (both good and bad), and looks ahead to the future of the sport and how Bracketology will help shape the conversation. This fascinating book is a must-read for college hoops fans and anyone who has aspired to win their yearly office pool.
£22.46
Triumph Books Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball,
Book SynopsisLunardi delves into the early days of Bracketology, details its growth, and dispels the myths of the process. The NCAA Tournament has become one of the most popular sports events in the country, consuming fans for weeks with the run to the Final Four and ultimately the crowning of the champion of college hoops. Each March, millions of Americans fill out their bracket in the hopes of correctly predicting the future.Yet, there is no true Madness without the oft-debated question about what teams should be seeded where—from the Power-5 Blue Blood with some early season stumbles on their resume to the mid-major that rampaged through their less competitive conference season—and the inventor of Bracketology himself, Joe Lunardi, now reveals the mystery and science behind the legend. While going in depth on his ever-evolving predictive formula, Lunardi compares great teams from different eras with intriguing results, talks to the biggest names in college basketball about their perception of Bracketology (both good and bad), and looks ahead to the future of the sport and how Bracketology will help shape the conversation. This fascinating book is a must-read for college hoops fans and anyone who has aspired to win their yearly office pool.
£14.20
Nova Science Publishers Inc Indian Gaming: Federal, State & Tribal Regulation
Book SynopsisOver the past 25 years, Indian gaming has become a significant source of revenue for many tribes, reaching $28 billion in fiscal year 2013. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), the primary federal statute governing Indian gaming, provides a statutory basis for the regulation of Indian gaming. Tribes, states, Interior, and the Commission have varying roles in Indian gaming. This book examines Interior''s review process to help ensure that tribal-state compacts comply with IGRA; how states and selected tribes regulate Indian gaming; the Commission''s authority to regulate Indian gaming; and the Commission''s efforts to ensure tribes'' compliance with IGRA and Commission regulations.
£131.19
America Through Time It's a Pleasure: The Men Who Ushered in the Era
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£21.59
Morgan James Publishing llc 128 Billion to 1: Ten Steps to Beat the Odds and
Book SynopsisEach year experts, odds makers, the polls, team records, tournament seeds, and the eyeball test mislead March Madness fans filling office pool brackets. 128 Billion to 1: Ten Steps to Beat the Odds and Win Your NCAA Tourney Office Pool by Mike Nemeth, explains the secrets and inner workings of the NCAA Tournament to exponentially increase one’s odds of filling a winning bracket. It was written for basketball fans who want to understand why they don’t often win their office pool. 128 Billion to 1 is a simple, yet ingenious guide to the way the NCAA Championship works, and explains the factors that best predict the outcome. Paramount among the factors is an accurate assessment of relative team strength to correct misleading polls and erroneous tournament committee selections and seedings. Using analytics, understandable mathematics and a dash of ingenious reasoning, Nemeth exposes the need for a new set of statistical measures to explain the outcomes of basketball games. The new statistics accurately rank each team entering the NCAA Tournament so that fans can make informed picks in their tournament brackets. Weekly accurate rankings can be found at https://nemosnumbers.com/basketball-rankings/.
£7.59
Adams Media Corporation The Everything Guide to Sports Betting: From Pro
Book SynopsisLearn how to bet on sports safely, smartly, and responsibly—and profit big—with this easy-to-use guide, perfect for beginners! Betting money on sports can be great fun and is a sure way to turn any sports game into an exciting must-watch event. However, it can be dangerous to the uninitiated—new gamblers can risk too much, bet randomly, or even lose it all. The Everything Guide to Sports Betting won’t let that happen. Filled with tips, tricks, and tactics, this handy guide shows you how to place bets strategically. You’ll learn all of the different types of bets you can make, how to spot a potentially profitable bet, and when to walk away. Covering all of the major sports leagues, The Everything Guide to Sports Betting will introduce you to the sports betting world and show you how to beat the casinos at their own games. In no time, you’ll be a gambling pro—and cash in on some major wins!
£16.14
ECW Press,Canada The Shark And The Fish: Applying Poker Strategies
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£17.09
ECW Press,Canada Final Table: A Winning Poker Approach from a WSOP
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£14.39
ECW Press,Canada The Kaizen Of Poker: How to Continuously Improve
Book SynopsisThere's a way for every poker player to improve their game, and Bykofsky shows us how in this comprehensive, instructional guide to poker strategy - for novice to expert players.
£15.29
ECW Press,Canada Vegas Or Bust: A Family Man Takes on the Poker
Book SynopsisWhat happens when you take your wife, kids, and dog on a six-week trip to Vegas to battle the poker pros? Kampis's folksy, conversational style will place readers in a world of massive chip stakes and lurid dreams.
£11.69
Emerald Publishing Limited Gambling Advertising: Nature, Effects and
Book SynopsisThere is a growing concern about the rise of gambling in many countries. With the expansion of online gambling opportunities and the relaxation of restrictions on gambling around the world, the industry has increased their investment in marketing activities. The use of diverse and highly visible promotional reminders has been identified as an important influence on problem gambling. Gambling critics, activists and some media campaigns have called for tighter controls over gambling advertising and some national governments have begun to review their legislation and regulatory practices. Gambling Advertising: Nature, Effects and Regulation examines these issues and reviews empirical research about the role of advertising and other forms of marketing in the encouragement of gambling behaviour. However, despite the accumulation of research evidence about the nature and effects of gambling advertising and promotion over the first two decades of the 21st century, there are still gaps in our knowledge. In its attempts to clarify the effectiveness of specific restrictions on the location, amount and nature of gambling advertising, this book will aid university teachers and researchers working in fields such as advertising and marketing, business, communications and media, leisure, and advertising and gambling regulation.Trade ReviewThis volume examines the nature, impact, and regulation of gambling advertising in various countries. It discusses whether there is a need for concern; whether there is a general problem with the amount and range of gambling competitions and games; how advertising entices gamblers, including young people; the association between gambling and sports and implications for attitudes towards gambling and gambling participation; the macro-level relationships between overall amounts of gambling advertising and the overall amount of gambling; the impact of advertising on individual gamblers like adults and young people and gambling behavior, including problem gambling; whether advertising can be effectively countered; and whether regulation of advertising needs to change. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Gambling Advertising: Is There a Need for Concern? Chapter 2: Gambling: Is There A Problem? Chapter 3: Gambling Advertising: How Can it Entice Gamblers? Chapter 4: Gambling and Sport Chapter 5: Gambling Advertising: What Are the Macro-Market Effects? Chapter 6: Gambling Advertising: How Does It Register with People? Chapter 7: Gambling Advertising: Is It Linked to Gambling Behaviour? Chapter 8: Can Gambling Advertising Be Countered? Chapter 9: Does Regulation of Gambling Advertising Need to Change?
£69.34
Profile Books Ltd Big Snake Little Snake: An Inquiry into Risk
Book SynopsisBig Snake Little Snake is a cascade of true stories by DBC Pierre, recorded while on his way to make a short film with a parrot in Trinidad, which not only examines the nature of gambling, the love affair between gambler and game and the mindset of obsessive practitioners, but aims to shed light on the invisible odds and outrageous chances of everyday life on Earth. Snakes symbolise a road in a Trinidadian numbers game based on dreams and superstition. The inquiry was prompted by a little snake on Pierre's doorstep. 'If writers were athletes, DBC Pierre would be hanging out with the skydivers, the stunt-snowboarders and the white-water rafters' Independent 'One of the most original and seriously funny narrative voices' ObserverTrade ReviewPraise for DBC Pierre: 'If writers were athletes, DBC Pierre would be hanging out with the skydivers, the stunt-snowboarders and the white-water rafters.' * Independent *One of the most original and seriously funny narrative voices * Observer *Dangerous, smart, ridiculous and very funny * The New York Times *Pierre's writing is heady, reaching glorious heights of linguistic invention * Independent *
£13.49
Berghahn Books Money Games: Gambling in a Papua New Guinea Town
Book Synopsis Gambling in Papua New Guinea, despite being completely absent prior to the Colonial era, has come to supersede storytelling as the region’s main nighttime activity. Money Games is an ethnographic monograph which reveals the contemporary importance of gambling in urban Papua New Guinea. Rich ethnographic detail is coupled with cross-cultural comparison which span the globe. This anthropological study of everyday economics in Melanesia thereby intersects with theories of money, value, play, informal economy, social change and leadership.Trade Review “[This study] offers fascinating insights into how local communities make their own rules and create their own business and cultures by taking up new practices, in this instance gambling, and associating them with their traditional way of life.” • Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies “This ability to tie gambling to broader economic practices, processes of identification, and social changes, is one of the key strengths of this monograph…It is an engaging and thoroughly interesting ethnography that will be of great interest to all students of economic anthropology, the cultural and social dynamics of Pacific Island communities, and the interdisciplinary field of gambling studies.” • Pacific Affairs “Money Games is at once wholly original in subject matter and rigorous and convincing in argumentation. This study is a genuine breakthrough in our understanding of contemporary life in Papua New Guinea and it stands as a novel intervention in recent debates about the nature of money and social aspects of economic life.” • Joel Robbins, Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge “Money Games will doubtless become an important book in the anthropology of economy, value and money, as well as a substantial contribution to the Melanesianist literature.” • Bill Maurer, University of California, IrvineTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Text Introduction Chapter 1. Selected Histories Chapter 2. The Pattern Changes Changes Chapter 3. The Tyranny of Denomination Chapter 4. The Fastest Money in Goroka Chapter 5. The Big-Shots at Old Slots Chapter 6. The Origin of Pooling Conclusion References Index
£89.10
Magnus Fisher Chess Tactics and Move Prediction: Beginners
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£26.99
The History Press Ltd Fate Deals a Hand: The Slippery Fortunes of
Book SynopsisDuring the early twentieth century, professional gamblers were such a scourge in the smoking rooms of trans-Atlantic passenger liners that White Star Line warned its passengers about them. In spring 1912 three professional gamblers travelled from the USA to England for the sole purpose of returning to America on the maiden voyage of Titanic. "Kid" Homer, "Harry" Rolmane and "Boy" Bradley (Harry Homer, Charles Romaine and George Brereton) were grifters with a long history of living on the wrong side of the law, who planned to utilize their skills at the card table to relieve fellow passengers of cash. One swiftly fell under suspicion of being a professional "card mechanic", and was excluded from some poker games, but other games continued apace. This new book, the result of years of research by George Behe, reveals the true identities of these gamblers, their individual backgrounds, the ruses they used, and their ultimate fates after tragedy struck, as well as providing an intriguing insight into a bygone age.
£17.00
The Self-Publishing Partnership Ltd The Method: Learn how to consistently find more
Book SynopsisTHE METHOD, A whole new betting concept on horse racing. Finding winners at horse racing can be such a precarious task because we do not know where to find that starting point. THE METHOD, so aptly named, is the book that will give you the starting point, it will also steer you away from the minefield of possibilities that every punter carries in his head when placing a bet. The dilemma of selection is solved for you in every aspect of racing and gambling on the horses. And not only does this book take away the bookmaker’s edge and turn it around in your favour without getting bogged-down in mathematics, it also solves the very question of probability in the easiest and possible way.
£13.49
Oldcastle Books Ltd Fixed Odds Sports Betting: Statistical
Book SynopsisFew people manage to make money from gambling; fewer still make a living from it. Written for hardened and novice sports bettors alike, Joseph Buchdahl's Fixed Odds Sports Betting examines, through various numerical techniques, how fixed odds punters may learn to beat the bookmaker, protect profits through a sensible approach to risk management, and turn high-risk gambling into a form of low-risk investment. Fixed Odds Sports Betting investigates: Markets in fixed odds sports betting The bookmaker's overround Value betting Ratings systems for sports prediction Profitability and risk Singles versus accumulators Staking plans and money management The favourite-longshot bias Sports advisory services Betting records and their significance testing
£23.96
Oldcastle Books Ltd Easy Money: Inside The Gambler's Mind
Book SynopsisIn Easy Money David Spanier studies the psychological motivation of gamblers, those who beat the system and those beaten by it, portraying the personalities and legends of the gambling world of the time. Spanier ranges widely over his subject, considering the motivations of gamesters, stressing the physical sensations they experience, the percentages and chances, heuristic principles, the differences in European and American gambling, and the criminal element in U.S. gaming, but concentrates primarily on the human side of gambling rather than the mathematical or theoretical. While he is comfortable discussing Freud's analysis of the compulsive gambler, his real emphasis is on the individuals: the mathematician who devised a way to beat the house advantage at blackjack; the London man-about-town who ran games for the upper class; the cleric who founded the British Gamblers Anonymous; the physician who established a 'gamblers' hospital' in Brecksville, Ohio. This is an insider's analysis of the thrills, action, and intense emotional involvement that makes up the world of gambling.
£9.49
Oldcastle Books Ltd How to Find a Black Cat in a Coal Cellar
Book SynopsisHow do we know if we can beat the bookmaker? That's easy: just look at our bank balance. But how do we know if we've not just been lucky? More specifically, how do we know that someone who says he can do it, and who is selling his 'expertise', can keep doing it again and again, through talent, skill and hard work? This book examines the techniques available to answer that question, to identify those qualities and to help the punter find value for money in an industry that appears to be largely built on trust and the influence of chance; to uncover the truth about sports tipsters and ultimately how to find the best tipsters - the 'Black Cats'.Trade Reviewranks amongst the more important books on sports betting * Bettfair Pro Trader *
£23.96
Imprint Academic A Guide to the Classics: Or How to Pick the Derby
Book SynopsisOriginally written in 1936 by two young Cambridge Fellows, A Guide to the Classics is a light-hearted manual on how to pick the Derby winner. However, as the tongue-in-cheek title suggested, there is more to the book than meets the eye, especially as one of the young dons went on to become, according to his 1990 Telegraph obituary, ''the greatest political philosopher in the Anglo-Saxon tradition since Mill or even Burke''.The book takes the abstraction out of the Derby by attacking the systems which had been developed by generations of ''form'' experts. It exposes theoretical solutions as fraudulent instead it applies hard-headed empirical and historical analysis. Oakeshott went on to apply this methodology to his famous critique of ''rationalism'' in politics.This long-awaited edition of Griffith and Oakeshott's classic text includes a new preface and foreword by horse racing journalist and author Sean Magee, and political commentator Peter Oborne.
£17.10
arima publishing The Football Betting Science
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Oldcastle Books Ltd Play Poker To Win
Book SynopsisReputedly the best poker playewr in the world when at his height, Amarillo Slim reveals here that to win consistently requires not only a mind that can count cards, read hands and evaluate the complex laws of probability, but also an ability to analyse every aspect of human nature. In this book 'Slim' reveals valuable poker playing secrets and recouns some of the great hands and great games that he has played. In the process he explains the strategies and tactics of the poker game and passes on invaluable advice about judging your opponents correctly. Read this book and you will improve your poker. You'll learn how to bet, when to bluff, when to drop, and when to pick up your chips and head for home.
£9.49
Two Plus Two Gambling for a Living
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Golden West Cookbooks Winning Recipes!
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£7.59
ConJelCo LLC More Hold'em Excellence: A Winner for Life
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£14.39
ConJelCo LLC Serious Poker
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£14.39
ConJelCo LLC Mastering No-limit Hold'em
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£16.99
ConJelCo LLC Cooke's Rules Of Real Poker
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£7.59
No Exit Press Winning Lowlimit Holdem
£17.99
ConJelCo LLC Home Poker Handbook
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£10.79
ConJelCo LLC How To Play Like A Poker Pro
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£14.39
D and B Publishing How Good is Your Limit Holdem
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£16.96
D and B Publishing Killer Roulette How to Beat the Unbeatable DB
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£15.00
D and B Publishing Secrets of Professional Poker Volume 1 Winning
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£14.99
404 Ink No Dice: Gambling and Risk in Modern Culture
Book SynopsisWhen you think of ‘gambling’ you might think of Vegas casinos, betting shops and football flutters but the risk of gambling is embedded in numerous corners of popular culture that many of us consume. By considering the concept of ‘soft gambling’, No Dice asks how we could possibly link the Pokémon Trading Card Game with gambling. Can we compare Netflix to a night at the theatre? When does fictional gambling within video games go too far with their infamous loot boxes? Does such risk affect everyone or are socio-economic divides driving further inequality? No Dice explores the messy world of gambling and risk that we encounter regularly, from childhood through adulthood, considering if it is worth the risk and if we even know what risks we might be taking.
£7.12
Reach plc Victor Chandler: Put Your Life On It
Book SynopsisVictor Chandler, the most recognisable face in bookmaking, tells his remarkable life story in 'Put Your Life On It: Staying At The Top in the Cut-throat World of Gambling.' In this new authorised biography written by Jamie Reid, Chandler will reveal how gambling was in his blood from birth. Discover how his grandfather dealt with Darby Sabini's Italian mob, Alfie Solomons and the real Peaky Blinders. How his father, Victor senior, built up the firm only for illness to force 'Young Victor' into the fray at the age of 23 - the start of a high life and fast times. To begin with, he found the going tough. He almost accepted an offer to sell up from Playboy Bookmakers. But fortunately he stuck with it just in time to enjoy his first profitable Royal Ascot and from then on there was no going back. In the face of the UK recession in the 1990s he went out to the Far East and began duelling audaciously with colossal Asian punters while dodging the attentions of the Triads in Hong Kong and Macau. Then at the end of the decade he sparked a revolution by moving his entire business offshore to Gibraltar; he is often credited with being the first to take gambling online. Victor shares his often hilarious memories of 40 years of a high-octane racing and bookmaking life, populated by a huge cast of colourful characters including the artist Lucian Freud, who painted 'VC' as well as betting with him.
£9.49
Reach plc The Gambler
Book SynopsisThe weird, wacky and wonderful betting exploits of an unconventional gambler whotakes the biggest risk of his life to give up his day job and try to make a living on chance.
£9.49
Little, Brown & Company Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler -. Vol. 12
Book SynopsisThe weak will fall and the strong prevail. The student presidential election campaign is ongoing, but things are beginning to go sideways behind the scenes... Background players are attempting to manipulate the voting system, but is it all still just as Kirari planned?
£12.34
Simon & Schuster Phil Gordon's Little Green Book: Lessons and
Book SynopsisThe ultimate guide to becoming an expert player of no limit hold’em poker from one of the game’s “premier players” (Erik Seidel, World Series of Poker winner) Phil Gordon.Poker is hotter than ever, with tens of millions of fans dealing in, logging on, and tuning in to global tournaments. And the most popular version of poker is no limit hold’em, long considered the purest form of the game, with appearances in the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour, and on Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown. Now, Phil Gordon, acclaimed professional player and cohost of Celebrity Poker Showdown, shares his seasoned expertise and valuable insight in Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book. Featuring a conversational approach and easy-to-digest explanations and diagrams, this is the must-have guide for anyone who wants to go all-in on becoming a better no limit hold’em player.Trade Review"In our minds, this book is an instant classic and a must-have for any serious student of the game. Everyone who reads it will come away a better player." -- Howard Lederer and Annie Duke"Phil Gordon is one of poker's premier players and has few peers as a teacher of No Limit Hold'em. I would hate to have to compete with anyone who accesses the information in these pages." -- Erik Seidel"Poker: The Real Deal was the best introductory book ever, and this is the perfect 'graduation' book. It provides the key to leaving solid amateur play behind and embracing the first inklings of playing like a true pro. I now feel endowed with that intangible element of strength known as unbridled confidence." -- James Woods"Phil Gordon and his Little Green Book made the difference between me losing money and winning money. It made me a winning player." -- Hank Azaria"If I cared about poker at all, this would be the book I'd buy." -- David Foley
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