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Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling

Brand: Gotham

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UPC:
9781592403165
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2007-10-04
Release Date:
2007-10-04
Author:
David G. Schwartz
Language:
english
Edition:
Reprint
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A narrative chronicle traces gambling's early emergence from divination rituals through its modern incarnation as a global and cultural diversion, in an account that documents such topics as the practice of casting lots, the invention of playing cards in twelfth-century China, and the role of organized crime in illegal gambling operations. Reprint.