gambling

Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics on gambling in the U.S., various aspects of gambling, and related issues, covering such topics as who gambles, commercial and Native American tribal casinos, social effects of casinos, lotteries, sports gambling, and Internet gambling.

Contains twenty-one essays in which the authors present opposing viewpoints on issues related to gambling, discussing whether gambling is immoral, the extent of the problem of compulsive gambling, the effect of legalized gambling on communities, and government regulation.

Sixteen-year-old Denn finds himself alienating both friends and family when he becomes obsessed with playing high-stakes poker with adult gamblers.

An account of the various aspects of gambling, including discussion of who gambles, the problem of the compulsive gambler, and the help that is available to this addict.

Tells a story about a boy who sets out to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days in order to win a bet.

Zebulon Crabtree, who was sent by his parents to apprentice with a tanner back in 1849, eventually follows his own instincts and hangs out with a riverboat gambler and a slave who becomes his friend, and when he gets caught up with the Brotherhood, he tries to find a way out.

Ever since Laura's mother died, she has been unable to come to terms with her grief. Then the casinos draw her from her melancholy.

Louie's older brother bets his new skateboard that Louie can't go an entire week without eating any chocolate.