By Brian Castellani. 222 pp. Albany, State University of New York Press, 2000. $18.95. ISBN 0-7914-4522-4.
Gambling has always existed, but only recently has it takenon the colorful and highly accessible forms we know today. Essentially,gambling stakes something valuable — usually money —on the outcome of an entirely unpredictable event. In otherwords, gambling is governed by events that occur by chance —hence the term, "games of chance." A gambler's main task isto use any information available to predict the outcome of thegame (although it is, of course, unpredictable). We might wonderwhy anyone would risk his or her financial security on sucha dubious venture. But most gamblers behave . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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