The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)
By Andrew Steinmetz
Length9h 13m
About this audiobook
"The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims, Volume 1" by Andrew Steinmetz is a comprehensive historical account of gambling. The book details various forms of gambling, from back in ancient civilizations to the author's contemporary 19th-century society. Steinmetz examines the motivation, tactics and consequence of both the players and victims involved in gambling, offering readers a broad understanding of the gaming table.
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GenreOther
Length9 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 1870
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2Chapter 1: The Universal Passion Of Gaming; Or, Gaming All The World Over.
3Chapter 2: Gambling Among The Ancient Hindoos—A Hindoo Legend And Its Modern.
4Chapter 3: Gambling Among The Ancient Egyptians, Persians, And Greeks.
5Chapter 4: Gaming Among The Ancient Roman Emperors.
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6Chapter 5: Gambling In France In All Times.
7Chapter 6: The Rise And Progress Of Modern Gaming In England.
8Chapter 7: Gambling In Brighton In 1817.
9Chapter 8: Gambling At The German Bathing-Places
10Chapter 9: Gambling In The United States
11Chapter 10: Lady Gamestresses.
12Chapter 11: Gambling Poets, Savants, Philosophers, Wits, And Statesmen.
13Chapter 12: Remarkable Gamesters—Monsieur Chevalier.
14Chapter 13: The Lotteries And Their Bewilderments.
15Chapter 14: The Laws Against Gaming In Various Countries.
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