Roll the bones : the history of gambling
"The first narrative history of gambling, spanning the Stone Age to the Internet era, examining how it evolved with? and influenced? human civilization"--Publisher website (March 2007)
History
xix, 570 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781592402083, 9781592403165, 1592402089, 1592403166
69671951
Foreword / James McManus
Prologue : The rainmaker reborn
pt. 1. The discovery of gambling
Thoth's gift : the ancient origins of gambling
The die is cast : from classical to medieval times
Knaves and kings : cards come into play
pt. 2. Gambling becomes a science
Taming Tyche : the science of chance creates professional gambling
The Ridotto revolution : mercantile gamblers create the casino
pt. 3. Gambling takes to the sea
All is on the hazard : The British come to play
Star-spangled gamblers : the birth of American gambling
Baiting John Bull : British gambling, 1750-1914
pt. 4. Europeans gamble at home and abroad
Seeking the cure : spa gambling defines Europe
Flight of the sparrow : gambling, conquest, and colonies
pt. 5. The United States bets big
Wild cards : gambling moves west
Fools of fortune : American gambling becomes urban
pt. 6. Gambling for fun and profit
A sunny place for shady people : gambling on the French Riviera
Wise guys and one-armed bandits : big-city gambling in the twentieth century
pt. 7. The legitimization of American gambling
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
pt. 8. Gambling's new prominence
Runaway American dream : gambling in the public interest
All in : gambling's global spread
pt. 9. Into the twenty-first century
A clockwork volcano : technology and triumph
The dream : history in perspective