Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling
- ISBN-10
- 1592403166
- ISBN-13
- 9781592403165
- Series
- Roll the Bones
- Category
- Games & Activities
- Pages
- 570
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-09
- Publisher
- Gotham
- Author
- David G. Schwartz
Description
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.
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