Download or read book Larceny Games written by Brian Tuohy and published by Feral House. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major League Baseball claims it hasn't had a game fixed by gamblers since 1919. No points have been shaved in the NBA since 1954. And the NFL states no game of theirs has come under outside influence – ever. These, however, are lies. The proof resides in FBI files only recently uncovered and discussed in Larceny Games.
Download or read book Larceny Games written by Brian Tuohy and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With FBI files as evidence, Larceny Games unveils the names of players, coaches, owners, and referees who fixed games.
Download or read book Crime Punishment and Video Games written by Kristine Levan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving beyond discussions of potential linkages between violence and video games, Crime, Punishment, and Video Games examines a broad range of issues related to the representation of crime and deviance within video games and the video game subculture. The context of justice is discussed with respect to traditional criminal justice agencies, but also expanded throughout to include issues related to social justice. The text also presents the potential cultural, social, and economic impact of video games. Considering the significant number of video game players, from casual to competitive players, these issues have become even more salient in recent years. Regardless of whether someone considers themselves a gamer, video games are undoubtedly relevant to modern society, and this text discusses how the shift in gaming has impacted our perceptions of deviance, crime, and justice. The authors explore past, present and future manifestations of these connections, considering how the game industry, policy makers, and researchers can work toward a better understanding of how and why video games are an important area of study for criminologists and sociologists, and how games will present new promises and challenges in the years to come.
Download or read book Innovation and Strategy of Online Games written by H. Wi Jong and published by Imperial College Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first study to survey, over a ten-year period, innovations and the industrial formation process of online game business, and global strategies of major Korean online game companies. It focuses on the innovative factors which made the Korean online game industry grow tremendously and successfully to gain competitiveness in the global game industry. These include: the main factors stimulating online game business; virtual business created by online games as well as an examination of the role of the Korean government at the beginning and developmental period of the online gaming business.
Download or read book The Fix is in written by Brian Tuohy and published by Feral House. This book was released on 2010 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Factual accounts expose how professional sports manipulate the outcomes of games for TV ratings and profits.
Download or read book Carnival Games 10 000 000 000 Hoodwink Racket written by Richard Margittay and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chances are you have been ripped off at a friendly traveling carnival, set up at your local fair or festival, because you had been left unprotected by police. The intention of this book is not just to tell readers about the games which keep ripping them off, but most importantly to explain the clandestine behind the scenes workings of a not so friendly, well organized, criminal element. From the innocent looking and usually rigged, two to five dollars per play "Duck Pond," to the $10,000 contribution by the itinerant carnival owner to the state or national political action committee or candidate, the author, a retired police officer, specializing in carnival midway game enforcement, has been able to associate a portion of illegally obtained cash proceeds from anonymous transient weekend midway scammers to carnival owners, to public servants, and also to distinguished politicians. This 100-year-old entrenched system of confidence crime and public corruption still operates relatively unrestricted at weekend fairs and festivals in America. Police simply do not arrest carnival thugs or their politician pals. No one cares about duped children or teenagers since many civic leaders ultimately get a cut of the midway loot in some way, shape, or form. Because this traditional chicanery is actually endorsed by wink & nod carnival security (dubbed "carny-cops") and public officials, trusting carnival patrons have a high likelihood of being either swindled, pick-pocketed, or short-changed on American midways by anonymous serial criminals. Unfortunately for unprotected American children, all but a few police agents nation-wide are either untrained, dont care, or are on the take, and refuse to address fraud (theft by deception) and gambling violations on their anything-goes, hit & run, carnival turf. While crooked carnival owners operate these drifting mobile crime syndicates under the radar of federal law enforcement, few citizens know the full extent of the systemic immunity and corruption involved. Thus, victims of this multibillion-dollar racket continue to remain unprotected on 21st century carnival lots. The authors exclusive investigation describes, for the first time, evidence of facilitation of free-wheeling criminal acts combined with the curious contributions/payoffs which enable this annual crime spree. The author also uncovers crafty "payments" from culpable carnival owners and lists renowned U.S. politicians associated with the perpetuation of this ten to forty-billion-dollar per year, largely unregulated, rolling racketeer industry. For more information, please visit www.carnivalcongames.com You may email the author at [email protected]
Download or read book Thirteen Ways to Steal a Bicycle written by Stuart P. Green and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theft causes greater economic injury than any other criminal offense. Yet fundamental questions about what should count as stealing remain unresolved. Green assesses our legal framework at a time when our economy commodifies intangibles (intellectual property, information, ideas, identities, and virtual property) and theft grows more sophisticated.
Download or read book The City where Crime is Play written by John Collier and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Gamut of Games written by Sid Sackson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1992 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert on game history selects 38 of his favorite amusements, all of which can be played by children or adults with common items such as cards, dice, checkerboards, and pencil and paper.
Download or read book The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Larceny and Old Leather written by Eldon L. Ham and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every baseball player from little league to the big leagues knows it is illegal to steal signs, yet every major league team assigns someone to do just that. Baseball thrives on trickery and deception. But as our oldest major team sport, its larcenous legacy goes much deeper than the field of play. In LARCENY AND OLD LEATHER: THE MISCHIEVOUS LEGACY OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, Eldon Ham—sports lawyer, professor, and author—traces the game’s lesser-known, roguish past. His wry chapters, filled with anecdotes and statistics, expose both the hidden and the obvious cheating occurring throughout baseball’s history, from corked bats and spitballs to betting and media hyperbole. Here is a book for both seasoned baseball fans and neophytes who’d like to get a look at the game that evolved into an industry. Babe Ruth, Sammy Sosa, Pete Rose, and many other lesser known players make their appearance in this fascinating history, as Ham seeks not only to chronicle the legacy of deception inherent within the game, but also to explore why it is, and how it is, that this deception is exactly what makes baseball the most endearing of American games.
Download or read book Lombardi Dies Orr Flies Marshall Cries written by Brad Schultz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 1970 was grim in the United States and worldwide. Vietnam, continuing civil and political divisions, a fear of growing lawlessness, all seemed to point to a bleak future. The 70s were also a time when traditional boundaries were being challenged, from the color of skin to the length of hair. Sports events, issues, and athletes from the very first year of this tumultuous decade reflect the dramatic changes that were taking place around the country. Nowhere was this more evident than in college football, where the University of Texas became the last all-white national champion in 1970, even as a freshman still ineligible to play was standing by to bring about integration. In Lombardi Dies, Orr Flies, Marshall Cries: The Sports Legacy of 1970, Brad Schultz covers the most significant and momentous sports stories from this single year in American history, reflecting on the deeper impact of these events both on the sporting world and on society as a whole. Integration, homosexuality, drugs, lawsuits, and tragedy all crossed the sporting landscape in 1970, including pivotal moments such as student-athlete protests against racism in college football, the debut of Monday Night Football, a challenge to baseball’s reserve clause, and the plane crash carrying Marshall University’s football team that killed everyone on board. Schultz tells these stories and more, thoughtfully placing them within the context of the political, social, and cultural events taking place across the country and around the world. Many of the athletes from 1970 may no longer be with us, their records may have been broken, and younger athletes may have taken their place, but forty-five years later, it is time to look back and reflect on the significance of the events that took place in this unforgettable sports year. Chronicling a remarkable time in the history of American sports, this book will interest historians, sports fans, and those wanting to learn more about the impact of sports on culture and society.
Download or read book Welcome to Qurilixen written by Michelle M. Pillow and published by The Raven Books LLC. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 1403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Qurilixen - A great way to try Michelle M. Pillow's Bestselling Qurilixen World series! This six book box set includes first-in-series books from the bestselling collection. The Qurilixen World is an extensive collection of science fiction and paranormal romance novels by award-winning NYT Bestselling author, Michelle M. Pillow. Note: Each book and each series can stand alone. Dragon Lords Series: Barbarian Prince Dragon Shapeshifter Romance - The original Dragon Lords series' Anniversary Edition Once mated, these shifters will do anything to protect the women they love! With over 1,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: When reporter Morrigan takes an undercover assignment on a foreign planet, she ends up the accidental bride of a dragon shifter. Prince Ualan is determined to honor the marriage — but first, he’ll have to tame the tempestuous beauty! (BookBub) Lords of the Var Series: The Savage King Cat-Shifter Romance - Book one of the bestselling series Cat-shifting King Kirill knows he must do his royal duty by his people. When his father unexpectedly dies, it’s his destiny to take the throne and all of the responsibility that entails. What he hadn’t prepared for is the troublesome female prisoner he inherited. Undercover Agent Ulyssa is no man’s captive. Trapped in a primitive alien forest awaiting pickup, she’s going to make the best out of a bad situation… which doesn’t include falling for the seductions of an alpha male king. Dynasty Lords Series: Seduction of the Phoenix Science Fiction, Fantasy Romance A prince raised in honor and tradition, a woman raised with nothing at all. She wants to steal their most sacred treasure. He’ll do anything to protect it, even if it means marrying a thief. Space Lords Series: His Frost Maiden Science Fiction Space Pirate Romance These space pirates sail the high skies looking for adventure, and a woman to end their curse. Lady Josselyn of the House of Craven has been betrayed. With her home world on a Florencian moon under attack and her family dead, she finds herself at the mercy of the one who deceived them. There is only one thing left to do—die with honor. But before she can join her family in the afterlife, she must first avenge all that she held dear. Falling in love with a pirate was never in the plan. Evan and his thieving crewmates might have delayed her fate, but they can’t stop destiny. Captured by a Dragon-Shifter Series: Determined Prince Dragon Shapeshifter Romance Dragonshifter Prince Kyran has studied the Earth people and is ready to assimilate. Female shifters are all but going extinct on his planet of Qurilixen, and his people are desperate for mates—so much so they’re taking matters into their own hands. What better place to find a mate than Earth? After all, dragon-shifters had come from there centuries ago. Surely a human female would be honored to be selected by one as fine and fierce as himself. Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides Series: Spark Alien Romance Earth women better watch out. Things are about to heat up. Mining ash on a remote planet where temperatures reach hellish degrees doesn't leave Kal (aka Spark) much room for dating. Lucky for this hard-working man, a new corporation Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides is ready to help him find the girl of his dreams. Does it really matter that he lied on his application and really isn’t looking for long term, but rather some fast action? Earth women better watch out. Things are about to heat up. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Praise For Qurilixen World 5 Stars! "I love Michelle M Pillow's Qurilixen world! It's a while since I read any of these books - but I have read them all and absolutely loved them! They're a great guilty pleasure read for me but any paranormal romance fan will love them." Laura Greenwood, USA Today Bestselling Author of Paranormal, Fantasy, and Urban Fantasy Romance (2019) 5 Stars! "Michelle M Pillow books just keep getting better & better!" Kristin Chontelle, One Woman's Opinion (2010) 5 Stars! "Oh, I loved this box set especially being the first books in 6 different series but they are all within the same world and wow what an amazing world Michelle M Pillow has built I absolutely love her imagination I can't wait to read more." Elisa, Bookbub (2020) About Qurilixen World Novels The Qurilixen World is an extensive collection of paranormal, fantasy, and science fiction romance novels by award-winning author, Michelle M. 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Download or read book Spark written by Michelle M. Pillow and published by The Raven Books LLC. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth women better watch out. Things are about to heat up. NYT Bestselling Author, Michelle M. Pillow, shows what happens when hot aliens looking for love land in Las Vegas, the city of decadence and sin. Mining ash on a remote planet where temperatures reach hellish degrees doesn't leave Kal (aka Spark) much room for dating. Lucky for this hard-working man, a new corporation Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides is ready to help him find the girl of his dreams. Does it really matter that he lied on his application and really isn’t looking for long term, but rather some fast action? Earth women better watch out. Things are about to heat up. Book One of the Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides series by NY Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Michelle M. Pillow. 5 Stars! "I never miss a Michelle M Pillow novel!" - Gena Showalter, NYT & USAT bestselling author (2020) 5 Stars! "Love these novellas! Such a fun twist on alien mail order!" - Tana Stone, sci-fi romance author (2020) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ About the Series Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Especially if you are an awkward hot alien looking for a little loving in sin city! Author Note: Remember Galaxy Brides Corporation from Dragon Lords? This is that company in modern day when it first started. Qurilixen World series installments can be read in any order. Praise for Spark "This was well written and the author does a great job at worldbuilding. I was laughing from the very first chapter and excited to see it all blow up in their face lol. Lovers of alien romance will love this short story." LaSasha Flame, author of dark romance (2021) Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides series: Spark Flame Blaze Ice Frost Snow A Qurilixen World Novella The Qurilixen World is an extensive collection of paranormal, fantasy, and science fiction romance novels by award-winning author, Michelle M. Pillow, and includes several series installments: Dragon Lords, Lords of the Var®, Space Lords, Captured by a Dragon-shifter, Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides, Dynasty Lords, Qurilixen Lords, and more. Intergalactic Dating Agency books are standalone series (each from different authors with the same theme): Michelle M. Pillow's Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides is part of her Qurilixen World. Other authors include Kenzie Cox, V. Vaughn, Elsa Jade, Erin Kellison, Tasha Black, Ellis Leigh, Susan Hayes, Annie Nicholas, Cara Bristol, Sue Mercury, Lea Kirk, Mina Carter, Susan Grant, Skye MacKinnon, Tamsin Ley, Candice Gilmer, Kate Rudolph, A.M. Griffin, Demelza Carlton, Sophie Stern, AC James Includes: Paranormal, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Alien Romance, Paranormal Romance, Alpha Male, Romance, fated mates, action and adventure, romantic comedy, fantasy, sci-fi, Science Fiction & Fantasy, First Contact, alien contact, comedy, galactic romance, galactic quest, hea, humor, humorous romance, romance, romantic adventure, sfr, sci-fi romance, space adventure, space adventure, space exploration, space romance, miner, blue collar hero, contemporary, Las Vegas, mail order brides, interstellar romance, alien mate romance, space books for adults, sci fi, sci fi books, sci fi romance, sci fi adventure, sci fi series, space marine, alien warrior
Download or read book Investigating Identity Theft written by Judith M. Collins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-02-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will you do when you encounter identity theft within your business? Chances are, you have already lost money to identity theft and business fraud. Look no further than the latest newspaper headlines to know that it is an epidemic problem and an alarming reality from which no business-whether small or large-is immune. Although you can't completely stop identity theft from happening, you can be prepared when it takes place. Investigating Identity Theft: A Guide for Businesses, Law Enforcement, and Victims is your practical guide for fully understanding and investigating identity theft. "The training that I received from Judy Collins at MSU has been instrumental to my helping victims of identity theft and locating the person(s) who caused their nightmare. I have even used the training methods she outlines in this book on a homicide investigation and it paid off: the perpetrator is now in jail for the rest of his life. I can't say enough about Dr. Collins and her knowledge of tracking criminals on the Internet; she is a great asset to law enforcement." -Anthony Abdallah, Police Detective, Inkster Police Department (CID), Inkster, Michigan "This valuable book is an essential, pragmatic guide for the full understanding and investigation of identity theft crimes. It also establishes Dr. Judith Collins as a foremost national expert on this growing crime problem that threatens our future." -Dr. Bruce L. Benson, Police Chief Emeritus, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Michigan State University "Whether the investigator is working in the private or public sector, Dr. Collins presents valuable information on the methodology required to successfully resolve identity theft cases. The use of real-life investigations, with lessons learned, provides an intriguing and entertaining format while at the same time sharpening the investigator's skills. If you think investigating identity theft is not worthwhile because the crime is committed by individuals on randomly selected victims without specific objectives, goals, or purpose, you need to read this book." -Rod Kinghorn, Director of Investigations, General Motors Global Security "An excellent book. Judith Collins has spent many years investigating identity theft. Her willingness to share her knowledge with law enforcement, businesses, and victims is truly a benefit that cannot be found elsewhere." -Juli Liebler, Captain, East Lansing Police Department, East Lansing, Michigan "Well done. Smart idea. . . . This is an excellent, professionally written book . . . and much needed." -Salman Anwar, Computer Forensic Engineer, Western Michigan University Police Department "As a retired special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and having worked the past six years in the private sector, I found Dr. Collins's book to be an invaluable tool for both the private sector and the law enforcement community. Dr. Collins provides genuine insight into the complex issues surrounding identity theft. I am confident her book will assist in both the prevention of identity theft and the detection of those who prey on other's identities." -Frank Laudan, Investigator, Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. "Excellent guide! A must-read for anyone involved in investigating identity theft! Dr. Collins has become one of the most respected and knowledgeable authorities in this relatively new field." -Detective Gary A. Guiles (Retired), Fraud Investigator, Lansing Police Department, Lansing, Michigan
Download or read book The Encyclopaedia of Sport Games written by Henry Charles Howard Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
