Author: Thomas Doyle
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Category : Lotteries
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Five Years in a Lottery Office
Author: Thomas Doyle
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Category : Lotteries
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Category : Lotteries
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Card Sharps and Bucket Shops
Author: Ann Fabian
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113668557X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In a highly readable work that engages topics in American cultural, social and business history, Ann Fabian details the place of gambling in industrializing America. Card Sharps and Bucket Shops investigates the relationship between gambling and other ways of making profit, such as speculation and land investment, which became entrenched during the nineteenth century. While all these undertakings ran counter to deeply ingrained American--and Protestant--work ethics, only gambling took on a stigma that made other efforts to acquire wealth socially acceptable. Fabian considers here the reformers who sought to ban gambling; psychological explanations for the deviant gambler; numbers games in the African American community; and efforts by speculators to draw distinctions between their own activities and gambling. She combines first-rate cultural analysis with rigorous research, and along the way provides a wealth of colorful details, characters and anecdotes.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113668557X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In a highly readable work that engages topics in American cultural, social and business history, Ann Fabian details the place of gambling in industrializing America. Card Sharps and Bucket Shops investigates the relationship between gambling and other ways of making profit, such as speculation and land investment, which became entrenched during the nineteenth century. While all these undertakings ran counter to deeply ingrained American--and Protestant--work ethics, only gambling took on a stigma that made other efforts to acquire wealth socially acceptable. Fabian considers here the reformers who sought to ban gambling; psychological explanations for the deviant gambler; numbers games in the African American community; and efforts by speculators to draw distinctions between their own activities and gambling. She combines first-rate cultural analysis with rigorous research, and along the way provides a wealth of colorful details, characters and anecdotes.
United States of America V. Castor
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Final Report of the Commission to Revise and Codify the Laws of the United States, December 15, 1906
Author: United States. Commission to Revise and Codify the Laws of the United States
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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Reports and Documents
Author: United States. Congress
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1468
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1468
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Report
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1846
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1846
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The Whitehall Evening Post Or London Intelligencer
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Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Galleón and Seven Other Tales
Author: Michael J. Merry
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387025686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This is a collection of eight stories. 'Galleón' tells of the loss of a Spanish ship off Panama in 1715 and its re-discovery in 2017. 'Escape' describes how jailed prisoners can be illegally freed. 'Hideaway' is a story of an eye-witness to a crime. 'The Miracle' is the tale of a seminarian who sees and speaks to Saint James. 'Lottery' explains how a young offender wins the Lottery. 'The Old Man' reveals how a retired revolutionary performs a favor. 'Triple Cross' takes the reader through the excitement of robbing a jewel courier. Finally, in 'Confession', a Priest listens to the confession of a legend of the old West. Educated in the UK, Michael J. Merry moved to Panama in 1959 to work with ITT. When a National Guard coup ousted the Government in 1968, he was involved in the rescue of the deposed President. Later, he was Division Vice President of a major U.S. news corporation covering Latin America and the Caribbean. Today he works in Miami as a Consultant and lives in Miami Shores with his wife.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387025686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This is a collection of eight stories. 'Galleón' tells of the loss of a Spanish ship off Panama in 1715 and its re-discovery in 2017. 'Escape' describes how jailed prisoners can be illegally freed. 'Hideaway' is a story of an eye-witness to a crime. 'The Miracle' is the tale of a seminarian who sees and speaks to Saint James. 'Lottery' explains how a young offender wins the Lottery. 'The Old Man' reveals how a retired revolutionary performs a favor. 'Triple Cross' takes the reader through the excitement of robbing a jewel courier. Finally, in 'Confession', a Priest listens to the confession of a legend of the old West. Educated in the UK, Michael J. Merry moved to Panama in 1959 to work with ITT. When a National Guard coup ousted the Government in 1968, he was involved in the rescue of the deposed President. Later, he was Division Vice President of a major U.S. news corporation covering Latin America and the Caribbean. Today he works in Miami as a Consultant and lives in Miami Shores with his wife.
The Lottery Wars
Author: Matthew Sweeney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596913045
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A history of the lottery in America cites its popularity in spite of unfavorable odds and laws that ban most forms of gambling, evaluates the role of lotteries in shaping Jamestown and other regions, and recounts lesser-known stories of legal disputes and financial ruin pertaining to lottery activity.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596913045
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A history of the lottery in America cites its popularity in spite of unfavorable odds and laws that ban most forms of gambling, evaluates the role of lotteries in shaping Jamestown and other regions, and recounts lesser-known stories of legal disputes and financial ruin pertaining to lottery activity.
U.S. Compiled Statutes, 1918
Author: United States
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 2412
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Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 2412
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