Roberto DaMatta, one of the foremost Brazilian anthropologists, and his colleague Elena Soarez approach the question of gambling in popular culture in general and its treatment in social anthropology in particular. They focus on the "animal game," a kind of popular gambling entertainment or lottery within Brazil in which locals bet on a list of twenty-five animals. They argue that the success of this game, which originated in 1882 with the founding of the first zoo in Rio de Janeiro, and the social release the game provides are significant aspects of Brazilian social history and of the Brazilian "identity." Within the animal game, players "totemize" and identify with various animals. DaMatta and Soarez use this identification as a lens through which to view Brazil's modernity, society, the significance of gambling, and even the role of animal images in Brazilian and Western society. Appearing for the first time in English, this well-written work moves smoothly between comprehensive analysis and field observations of specific behaviors and practices, such as the lucky tricks and devices invested with magical thinking by those who play the game. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in sociology, anthropology, Brazilian studies, and Latin American cultural studies.

The Russian language edition of Reading Poker Tells, which has been described as the best book on the subject of poker tells. There are physical and verbal tells in every live poker game. Knowing how to recognize and understand these tells can give you a significant edge on the competition. This book will teach you how to analyze opponents' physical gestures, facial expressions, body posture, and verbal statements for clues about their hand strength. This book includes: The common poker tells shown by amateurs The more subtle tells that some experienced players may have Situations where tells are likely to be displayed Common verbal statements and their likely meanings A practical way to categorize and remember tells Methods of psychological manipulation and deception How to recognize and avoid angle-shooting Strategies for becoming unreadable

Continuando con su serie de libros en las matemticas de juegos de azar, el autor muestra como un juego de reglas simples como la ruleta es idneo para un modelo de matemtica compleja cuyas aplicaciones generan sistemas mejorados de apuestas que toma en cuenta el criterio de juego personal de un jugador. El libro es prctico y terico, pero es principalmente dedicado a la aplicacin de la teora. Cerca de dos tercios del contenido son listas de categoras y subcategoras de sistemas mejorados de apuestas, junto con todos los parmetros que pudieran representar el criterio primordial en una estrategia personal de probabilidades, utilidades y prdidas. La obra contiene material nuevo y original nunca antes publicado. El captulo de matemticas describe las apuestas complejas, la funcin de utilidad, la equivalencia entre las apuestas y todas sus propiedades. Todos los resultados tericos estn acompaados de ejemplos concretos, sugerentes y pueden ser entendidos por cualquier persona con un mnimo de conocimiento matemtico porque solamente involucran habilidades bsicas de algebra y teora bsica de conjuntos . El lector puede tambin elegir saltarse las matemticas e ir directamente a las secciones que contienen las aplicaciones, donde l o ella pueden elegir los resultados numricos deseados de las tablas. El libro no ofrece las tan llamadas estrategias ganadoras, aunque habla de ellas desde un punto de vista matemtico. Lo que si hace, sin embargo, es ofrecer sistemas mejorados de apuestas y ayuda a organizar las elecciones del jugador cuando apuesta a la ruleta, de acuerdo a factores matemticos y estrategias personales. Es un manual de ruleta imprescindible para estudiar antes de colocar sus apuestas en el giro ya sea de la rueda de la ruleta europea o americana.

Fifteen years on from Anthony Holden's undisputed classic BIG DEAL, the poker world has changed beyond recognition. When Holden played in the 1988 World Series of Poker there were 167 entrants competing for a prize of $270,000. At the 2006 WSOP, where this book climaxes, there were 8773 players and a first prize of some $12 million - the richest in any sport. What happened in the years between BIG DEAL and BIGGER DEAL is simple: thanks to the Internet and television there has been a worldwide explosion in the popularity of poker. The game even has a new respectable image, much to the disgust of die-hard players. Gone are the seedy, smoky rooms of the Horseshoe, and celebrities now crowd the tables at huge Las Vegas tournaments: Martin Sheen, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are all dedicated players. In the UK, LATE NIGHT POKER draws some 2 million viewers (Holden was banned from the last series for doing too well). In BIGGER DEAL, Holden is your guide - and the only guide you'll need - to the world of new poker as he prepares to enter the WSOP once again. Will he win the title? Place your bets ...

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 market in-depth, containing all the important historical papers on racetrack efficiency. As evidenced by the collection of articles, the understanding of racetrack betting is clearly drawn from, and has correspondingly returned something to, all the fields of psychology, economics, finance, statistics, mathematics and management science.

Invitations to John Aspinall and John Burke's illegal gambling parties were the most sought after in 1950s London - only the wealthy and well-connected were allowed past their door. When the police finally arrested them, Aspinall and Burke challenged the law - and won. As a result gambling was legalised. Which interested crime boss Billy Hill and his lieutenant Bobby McKew, because suddenly clubs sprang up everywhere and Billy had a foolproof way of fixing the cards. He also had his eye on the ultimate prize, Aspinall's exclusive new club, The Clermont... Revealing for the first time how Aspinall and Hill plotted to steal a fortune, based on testimony from Burke and McKew, The Hustlers is a riotous journey back to 50s and 60s London. With a cast of characters that ranges from safecracker Eddie Chapman to the reckless Earl of Derby, from croupier Louis the Rat to unlucky Lord Lucan, it vividly recreates the exploits of the gamblers and gangsters whose lives collided in the clubs and pubs of Mayfair. 'a fascinating glimpse into a bygone world . . . when chemmy parties took London by storm and toffs were often found to be rubbing shoulders with gangsters' Daily Express

This course has not one, but two advantages you can't miss. The first and main one? It will teach you how to win in the online roulette. The main advantage of the Winning at Roulette (Online Course) is that besides of learning on how to win in the roulette, you will learn how to optimize the result of any system you choose to use, this means, you can improve the results in any game strategy. This course contains the techniques used to adapt the systems and a variety of strategies where you can use them. To make this work more attractive, you will also find some tips to consider when it comes to apply the learned techniques, including the proper handling of your cash. In conclusion, a complete course, simple and easy to learn that does not require the reader to go over hundreds of pages to learn how to play to win. Winning at Roulette: Bilingual Edition. For more information, visit www.casinosmst.com Este curso tiene no una sino dos ventajas imperdibles. La primera y primordial? Le ensenara como ganar en la ruleta de los casinos online. GANE DINERO DESDE LA COMODIDAD DE SU HOGAR La ventaja fundamental del Vencer en la Ruleta (Curso online) es que, ademas de aprender como ganar en la ruleta de los casinos online, aprendera como optimizar el resultado de cualquier sistema que desee utilizar, es decir, que podra mejorar los resultados de cualquier estrategia de juego. El curso contiene las tecnicas utilizadas para adaptar los sistemas y una variedad de estrategias donde pueden ser aplicadas. Para complementar la obra, tambien encontrara una serie de consejos a tener en cuenta a la hora de aplicar las tecnicas aprendidas, incluyendo el correcto manejo del capital. En conclusion, se trata de un curso completo, sencillo y facil de aprender que no requiere al lector tener que leer un centenar de paginas para aprender como jugar para ganar en los casinos online. Vencer en la ruleta: Edicion bilingue. Para mas informacion, visite www.casinosmst.com

Omaha poker has long been a favourite game in Europe. Now comes the definitive guide to winning big at this exciting, and potentially highly lucrative game.

What are the odds against winning the Lottery, making money in a casino, or backing the right horse? Every day, people make judgements on these matters and face other decisions that rest on their understanding of probability: buying insurance, following medical advice, carrying an umbrella. Yet many of us have a frightening ignorance of how probability works. Taking Chances presents an entertaining and fascinating exploration of probability, revealing traps and fallacies in the field. It describes and analyses a remarkable variety of situations where chance plays a role, including football pools, the Lottery, TV games, sport, cards, roulette, coins, and dice. This new edition has been fully updated, and includes information on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "The Weakest Link", plus a new chapter on Probability for Lawyers.

One gambler is a manic former cokehead with an Ivy League degree. The second is a college dropout trying to make a living at the only thing he enjoyed at school,gambling. The third, one of Vegas's most respected bookmakers, is perilously close to burning out. The Odds follows the lives of these three professional gamblers through a college basketball season in a one-of-a-kind city struggling to reconcile its lawless past with its family-friendly makeover. With a wiseguy attitude and a faultless eye and ear for the sights and sounds of Vegas and its denizens, Chad Millman has created a portrait that the Wall Street Journal called "fascinating. . . often screamingly funny." The Las Vegas Review-Journal had just one word for the book: "Superb."

Plato said God invented dice. This we learn from one of Ricky Jay's fascinating essays in a delightful small volume that takes us from the earliest forms (astragalithe heel bones of hoofed quadrupeds, four of whose six sides were used for gaming) to the myriad types of "loading" and other means of cheating with dice in the modern era. Along the way we discover that Augustus, Caligula, and Nero were all inveterate players, that Queen Elizabeth issued a search and seizure order against the manufacture of false dice in 1598, and that dice made from celluloid, invented in 1869, remained stable for decades, and thenin a flashbegan to decompose. These are the dice of Rosamond Purcell's luminous and seductive photographs, images which transform entropy to an art form. Jay and Purcell give us a dual meditation on dice that will educate us and amuse us at the same time. 13 color photographs.