The Age of Chance: Gambling in Western CultureHistorical context: locates gambling in attitudes from Aristotle to present day Las Vegas |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
1 THE IDEA OF CHANCE | 13 |
2 THE PURSUIT OF CHANCE | 43 |
3 PLAYGROUNDSA MAP OF THE MODERN GAMBLING SITES | 85 |
4 THE EXPERIENCE OF PLAY | 123 |
5 THE MAGICALRELIGIOUS WORLDVIEW | 153 |
EPILOGUE | 179 |
NOTES | 183 |
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action activity Age of Chance ancient aristocratic Ashton Baudrillard became become belief betting bingo bookmakers bourgeoisie British Caillois cards casino Chapter clubs commercial commercialisation consciousness created culture described Despite dice divination divinatory Dostoevsky dreams economic efficacy emerged environment everyday existence experience of play fate favour forms of gambling fundamental gamblers gambling games games of chance Gigerenzer Goffman Huizinga human individual Internet involved Kavanagh knowledge Las Vegas law of large lose lottery luck lucky machines magical Mahabharata meaning medieval modern National Lottery nature nineteenth century notion odds ontological organisation orientation outcome participation perception Plato players poker potlach probabilistic probability theory punters race race-track random rate of play rational recognised regarded relation religious repetition risk ritual roulette sense seventeenth century simply situation skill slot-machines social society space specific stake status tickets tradition twentieth century uncertainty Vegas vertigo wager wealth winning working-class worldview