Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Preface Gambling chance and the suspension of reality; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The idea of chance; 2 The pursuit of chance; 3 Playgrounds a map of the modern gambling sites; 4 The experience of play; 5 The magical religious worldview; Epilogue; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index
Summary
This text examines the enduring appeal of gambling in western culture, exploring its complex relation to our underlying conceptions of the world, and to the social and cultural backgrounds of those who fall under its spell
