Gambling: Theories & Methods

Having escaped the Espoir, Kaiji returned home with debts over than six-million yen still hanging over his head. The life-threatening experience ha...

Against a background of extraordinary growth in the popularity of betting and gaming across many countries of the world, there has never been a gre...

This book develops the concept of "gamble-play media", describing how some gambling and gambling-like practices are increasingly mediated by digita...

Today, the world lottery market amounts to more than $200 billion in annual sales, and some 140 state lotteries flourish in 75 countries. Yet lotte...

Exotic Betting at the Racetrack is unique as it covers the efficient-inefficient strategy to price and find profitable racetrack bets, along with h...

Horse racing in America dates back to the colonial era when street races were a common occurrence. The commercialization of horse racing produced a...

Casino Women is a pioneering look at the female face of corporate gaming. Based on extended interviews with maids, cocktail waitresses, cooks, laun...

Titanic Thompson is the rollicking true story of one of the most charismatic characters in twentieth-century America. Travelling only with his golf...

Written by a lawyer and an economist, Governing Fortune summarizes the legal framework supporting the gaming industry and reviews the costs and ben...

Invitations to John Aspinall and John Burke's illegal gambling parties were the most sought after in 1950s London - only the wealthy and well-conne...

This book is designed to provide valuable insight into how to improve the return on your investment when playing the lottery. While it does not pro...

There is a growing concern about the rise of gambling in many countries. With the expansion of online gambling opportunities and the relaxation of ...

Learn the winning secrets of America's Sweepstakes King! Steve Ledoux reveals the secrets that have enabled him to win thousands and thousands of d...

Fifteen years on from Anthony Holden's undisputed classic BIG DEAL, the poker world has changed beyond recognition. When Holden played in the 1988 ...

Most people playing online poker think they are winning players when they're actually losing month after month. But, if you have basic knowledge of...

While there has been an unprecedented explosion of legalized gambling in Canada - particularly in the form of casinos and electronic games - the pu...

This book provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking collection of articles by internationally recognised experts in the study of gambling - do...

For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'; the biggest high roller to hit Sin City in decades, a hotshot, twenty one year-o...

Britain's foremost writer on crime turns to the disappearance of Lord Lucan. The basis of the upcoming ITV drama, Lucan, starring Rory Kinnear and ...

The incredible rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches true life story of acclaimed sports tout Brandon Lang, subject of the motion picture Two for the Mo...

The gambler’s high is like a rush; he feels invulnerable. That high lasts, though, only until the next big loss. Such is the story of Steve Budin, ...