Gambling: Theories & Methods

Roll the dice. Slam the quarter. Flip the cup. Did you win, miss, lose, or guess wrong? Sounds like it’s your turn to drink! Or maybe not, dependin...

Inside America’s preventable sports-gambling debacle In 2018, the United States Supreme Court opened the floodgates for states to legalize betting...

This is the first book to focus on sports betting from a sociological perspective. Drawing on multi-stage sociological research, it deepens our und...

You can't play Major League Baseball and bet on a game; just ask Pete Rose. Don't try running a betting ring in the NHL, either. Want the surest ti...

A psychotherapist and pool columnist breaks new ground by applying good science to the mental game of billiards and gives invaluable insight on com...

Over the last forty years, Cousin Sal has made bets with doctors, lawyers, teachers, agents, bookies, writers, comedians, radio DJs, tv producers, ...

Boxing was popular in the American West long before Las Vegas became its epicenter. However, not everyone in the region was a fan. Counterpunch exa...

BIG DEAL is the mesmerising story of a year spent by bestselling biographer Anthony Holden in the tough world of the professional poker player. He...

Betfair is the world’s leading online betting exchange. Launched in 2000, its annual revenues reached £145m in 2006. In the last year, Betfair has ...

Gambling has been a practice central to many cultures throughout history. In Dice, Cards, Wheels, Thomas M. Kavanagh scrutinizes the changing face ...

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...

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...

The most complete guide ever to taking up poker and winningComprehensive and easy to follow, The Mammoth Book of Poker enables even those new to th...

This single volume gives you comprehensive information on Asia-Pacific gaming!Casino Industry in Asia Pacific: Development, Operation, and Impact i...

There is growing interest among academics and policymakers in the economics of gambling, which has been stimulated by major regulatory and tax chan...

In the final volume of the legendary gambling manga that inspired SQUID GAME, Kaiji has turned the tables on gamemaster Tonegawa, but this last gam...

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

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

In a highly readable work that engages topics in American cultural, social and business history, Ann Fabian details the place of gambling in indust...

This fascinating and extensive study, enlivened by interviews with British and American gamblers, will be enthralling reading not just for those in...

A reprint of one of the classic volumes on racetrack efficiency, this book is the only one in its field that deals with the racetrack betting marke...