Download or read book Guns Girls Gambling Ganja written by Pasuk Phongpaichit and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gambling, prostitution, drugs, arms trading, oil smuggling, and trafficking in people -- these six illegal businesses are large and getting larger. They distort the economy and victimize people. They are increasingly linked together through networks of protection and organized crime. They help to fund Thailand's corrosive 'money politics' and to sustain corruption in the police. In this sequel to Corruption and Democracy in Thailand, the authors argue that control of the illegal economy, especially through reform of the police, is vital for the development of a modern economy and functioning democracy.

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Download or read book Fools of Fortune or Gambling and Gamblers written by John Philip Quinn and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a history of the vice in ancient and modern times all over the world and makes an exposition of its alarming prevalence and destructive effects. This work discusses with an unreserved and exhaustive disclosure of such frauds, tricks and devices as are practiced by "Professional" gamblers, "Confidence Men" and "Bunko Steerers", in order to alert readers not to fall into a trap.

Download or read book The Gamblers Paradox written by P.N. Harish and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Dennis of Stanford University is shot to death in his study. Detectives quickly learn that he was actively involved in Las Vegas casino industry. They must find if his work there led to his murder or the fact that he had amassed a fortune in gambling. Was he manipulating the gaming machines? What was special about the design of the gaming controller? The detectives turn to Stanford University for help and find that he had incorporated a nanocarbon structure in the gaming controller, but how does it work? Was the professor using a paradox only known to him? Who wanted him dead, and who would profit from his death? Why was the manager of a casino in Las Vegas killed? The detectives find that gambling to be a deadly addiction. They find that gambling pays, but sometimes you pay with your life.

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