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of practices of vice, competition and play that were facilitated by these highly aestheticized gambling games.

8 Dec 2016: include games and gambling. Soon we were comparing notes on the recent Derby winner ‘Motivator’, Kentucky horse farms, and the film Seabiscuit (about a famous racehorse).

4 Mar 2024: 1. Candidate Number: PEN-2218 Name: Iain Stevens College: Homerton Supervisor: Loraine Gelsthorpe. Exploring the concept of ‘the Third Place’ in prison Submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Applied

of practices of vice, competition and play that were facilitated by these highly aestheticized gambling games.

themselves.) Courtiers were inveterate gamblers, betting on anything – especially dice and card games – to relieve the tedium of court life (a lot of waiting around), and gambling was one of the

To imagine this as a card game is also a bitter recollection of Cleopatra’s love of pastimes and games, and gives a sense of her tendency to thoughtlessness and impulsiveness, ... gambling everything away.) A cue for Eros: nay, weep not, gentle Eros.

18 Sep 2022: Luck, Logic, and White Lies: The Mathematics of Games Jörg Bewersdorff (AK Peters Ltd, 2004)Learn about (some of) the maths behind risk, uncertainty and gambling. ... Debunk some popular myths,and improve your chances of winning at games!