Gambling History
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- By: Martin J. Sherwin
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post-World War II world. Mining new sources and materials, and going far beyond the scope of earlier works on this critical face-off between the United States and the Soviet Union — triggered when Khrushchev began installing missiles in Cuba at Castro's behest....
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Gambling with Armageddon
- Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 13-10-20
- Language: English
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In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post-World War II world....
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Clouds over the Goalpost
- Gambling, Assassination, and the NFL in 1963
- By: Lew Freedman
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The pro football season of 1963 was dominated by the unexpected. In April, months prior to the beginning of play, it was revealed that two All-Star players, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras, were gambling on the sport and would be suspended from play for at least a year. Even worse, in May, one of the league’s bigger-than-life personalities, Big Daddy Lipscomb, was found dead, with police saying he perished from a heroin overdose, something those who knew him best still dispute.
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Clouds over the Goalpost
- Gambling, Assassination, and the NFL in 1963
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 03-09-13
- Language: English
- Clouds over the Goalpost is filled with controversy not only on the field, but off it as well....
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Bernoulli's Fallacy
- Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
- By: Aubrey Clayton
- Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
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Aubrey Clayton traces the history of how statistics went astray, beginning with the groundbreaking work of the 17th-century mathematician Jacob Bernoulli and winding through gambling, astronomy, and genetics. Clayton recounts the feuds among rival schools of statistics, exploring the surprisingly human problems that gave rise to the discipline and the all-too-human shortcomings that derailed it.
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Hard to follow. Essential to know.
- By Kefuddle on 09-05-23
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Bernoulli's Fallacy
- Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
- Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 24-08-21
- Language: English
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There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic quibble: It underlies a reproducibility crisis now threatening entire disciplines....
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Roll The Bones: The History of Gambling (Casino Edition)
- By: David G. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
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Roll the Bones tells the story of gambling: where it came from, how it has changed, and where it is now. This is the new Casino Edition, which updates and expands the global history of gambling to include a greater focus on casinos, from their development in European spas to their growth in Reno and Las Vegas. New material chronicles in greater depth the development of casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and their spread throughout the United States.
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Roll The Bones: The History of Gambling (Casino Edition)
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 19-03-18
- Language: English
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Roll the Bones tells the story of gambling: where it came from, how it has changed, and where it is now. This is the new Casino Edition....
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Jackpot
- How Gambling Conquered Britain
- By: Rob Davies
- Narrated by: Rob Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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Over half of the population gambles in the UK every year. How did we get here? What keeps us hooked when the odds are so heavily stacked against us? And who are the real winners and losers? Jackpot dives deep into gambling's seedy underbelly to answer these questions, and many more. From the first National Lottery draw in 1569 to the Wild West of today's online casinos, Guardian reporter Rob Davies follows the money to show who profits—and at what cost.
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Aimless one sided criticism
- By Keen Listener on 16-05-22
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Jackpot
- How Gambling Conquered Britain
- Narrated by: Rob Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 08-03-22
- Language: English
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A striking exposé of the insidious business practices that have generated enormous profits for the companies operating within the UK's gambling industry....
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The Gambling Century
- Commercial Gaming in Britain from Restoration to Regency
- By: John Eglin
- Narrated by: Dan Calley
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Gambling captures as nothing else the drama of the "long eighteenth century" between the age of religious wars and the age of revolutions. The society that was confronted with games of chance pursued as commercial ventures also came to grips with unprecedented social mobility, floated by new wealth from new sources created fortunes from trade in sugar, cotton, ivory, silk, tea, or enslaved human beings. The Gambling Century focuses like no previous work on those who enabled, facilitated, and profited from gambling, as well as on efforts to regulate or outlaw it.
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The Gambling Century
- Commercial Gaming in Britain from Restoration to Regency
- Narrated by: Dan Calley
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 26-01-24
- Language: English
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The Gambling Century focuses like no previous work on those who enabled, facilitated, and profited from gambling, as well as on efforts to regulate or outlaw it....
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Endgame
- An Insurgency on Wall Street
- By: Sheelah Kolhatkar
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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After the 2008 financial crisis, investment banks and other professional investors had the edge when it came to bailouts and stock trading. The crisis also ushered in a wave of new small-scale retail investors who were hell-bent on crushing the big guys by using social media channels to connect, share ideas, promote stocks, and reap the rewards—Robin Hood-style. But did the meme short squeeze stand a chance in a rigged playing field? This concise, definitive account of a daring Wall Street heist exposes a fight to the death against a fraudulent system.
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Endgame
- An Insurgency on Wall Street
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 16-05-23
- Language: English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Edge comes an untold true short story about the meme stock machine phenomenon and the small investors’ battle to beat Wall Street at its own game....
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Only in America
- How I Turned $700 into Millions Gambling in Vegas and Bringing Small Companies Public in the Wall Street Shark Tank
- By: Harvey Cohen
- Narrated by: Steve Grumbach
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
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How did a son of a mailman, born in 1950 and raised in the government-subsidized housing projects of Brooklyn, go from playing poker and counting cards in Las Vegas to being a key figure in the small cap stock market in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s? Listen to this amazing story of Harvey Cohen's rise, from humble beginnings to the heights of Las Vegas gambling casinos and thrilling back-room deals on Wall Street. Amazing but true!
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Only in America
- How I Turned $700 into Millions Gambling in Vegas and Bringing Small Companies Public in the Wall Street Shark Tank
- Narrated by: Steve Grumbach
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 28-06-16
- Language: English
- How did a son of a mailman go from playing poker and counting cards in Las Vegas to being a key figure in the small cap stock market in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s? Find out....
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Please Gamble Irresponsibly
- The Rise, Fall and Rise of Sports Gambling in Australia
- By: Titus O'Reily
- Narrated by: Titus O'Reily
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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Australians will gamble on anything, from two flies crawling up a wall to less important things like federal elections. Thanks to the internet, mobile phones and gambling-tax loving federal and state governments, Australians can indulge their love of a punt no matter what they're doing. Aussies can be at the birth of a child, performing open heart surgery or handling heavy machinery and still put a bet on.
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Please Gamble Irresponsibly
- The Rise, Fall and Rise of Sports Gambling in Australia
- Narrated by: Titus O'Reily
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 19-11-19
- Language: English
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Australians will gamble on anything, from two flies crawling up a wall to less important things like federal elections....
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The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime
- Horse Racing Politics and Organized Crime in New York 1865-1913
- By: Steven Riess
- Narrated by: Emil N Gallina
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
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Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because spectators enjoyed the pageantry, the exciting races, and, most of all, the gambling. In The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime, author Steven Riess fills a long-neglected gap in sports history, offering a richly detailed and fascinating chronicle of thoroughbred racing's heyday.
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The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime
- Horse Racing Politics and Organized Crime in New York 1865-1913
- Narrated by: Emil N Gallina
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 09-08-18
- Language: English
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In The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime, author Steven Riess fills a long-neglected gap in sports history, offering a richly detailed and fascinating chronicle of thoroughbred racing's heyday....
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Gambling Addiction in America
- An In-Depth View on the History and Trend of Gambling Addiction
- By: William Manheimer
- Narrated by: Claton Butcher
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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When does gambling step over the line from entertainment to addiction? Gambling has moved from a sin and a vice to a past time and form of recreation. How does a family know when the entertainment has moved from a hobby to a compulsion or addiction? This audiobook will explore the history and trends of gambling addiction.
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Gambling Addiction in America
- An In-Depth View on the History and Trend of Gambling Addiction
- Narrated by: Claton Butcher
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-05-13
- Language: English
- When does gambling step over the line from entertainment to addiction? This audiobook will explore history and trend of the gambling addiction....
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My Friend Bet Me You Wouldn't Buy This Book
- The Recent Rise and Brief History of Sports Gambling Wagering Betting
- By: Toby Unterfranz
- Narrated by: Gary Bartley
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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Is examining the recent rise of wagering betting gambling in America. What changed to make it legal and the history of underground gambling operations through history.
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My Friend Bet Me You Wouldn't Buy This Book
- The Recent Rise and Brief History of Sports Gambling Wagering Betting
- Narrated by: Gary Bartley
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 18-01-24
- Language: English
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Is examining the recent rise of wagering betting gambling in America. What changed to make it legal and the history of underground gambling operations through history....
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Gambling on Ore
- The Nature of Metal Mining in the United States, 1860-1910 (Mining the American West)
- By: Kent Curtis
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Gambling on Ore examines the development of the Western mining industry from the tumultuous and violent Gold Rush to the elevation of large-scale copper mining in the early 20th century, using Montana as representative of mining developments in the broader US mining West. Employing abundant new historical evidence in key primary and secondary sources, Curtis tells the story of the inescapable relationship of mining to nature in the modern world as the United States moved from a primarily agricultural society to a mining nation in the second half of the 19th century.
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Gambling on Ore
- The Nature of Metal Mining in the United States, 1860-1910 (Mining the American West)
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 30-03-22
- Language: English
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Gambling on Ore examines the development of the Western mining industry from the tumultuous and violent Gold Rush to the elevation of large-scale copper mining in the early 20th century, using Montana as representative of mining developments in the broader US mining West....
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Gardena Poker Clubs: A High-stakes History
- By: Max Votolato
- Narrated by: Max Votolato
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Even in the midst of the Great Depression, gamblers flocked to Gardena. Colorful individuals like Ernie Primm fought for the legalization of commercial draw poker and established six iconic card clubs that thrived for generations. Author Max Votolato reveals the high-stakes stories behind Gardena's famous poker rooms.
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Gardena Poker Clubs: A High-stakes History
- Narrated by: Max Votolato
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 17-07-18
- Language: English
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Even in the midst of the Great Depression, gamblers flocked to Gardena. Colorful individuals like Ernie Primm fought for the legalization of commercial draw poker and established six iconic card clubs that thrived for generations....
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Portuguese Macau: The Settlement That Became China’s Gambling Paradise
- By: Kelly Mass
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 38 mins
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Macau is known as the Las Vegas of China. It attracts many tourists every year, and it has a unique set of laws and history behind it. How did it become this way? Well, one of the reasons is that it used to be part of the Portuguese Empire. We have probably all heard about the British in China, the Opium Wars, and the tea export, but you might not have heard about the Portuguese settlers who went there. Macau still shows signs of Portuguese influence, even when you go there to visit. So, let’s take a look at what happened and how the area evolved into what it is today.
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Portuguese Macau: The Settlement That Became China’s Gambling Paradise
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 38 mins
- Release date: 21-03-22
- Language: English
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Macau is known as the Las Vegas of China. It attracts many tourists every year, and it has a unique set of laws and history behind it. How did it become this way? Well, one of the reasons is that it used to be part of the Portuguese Empire....
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