John Burnham, Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior, and Swearing in American History. New York: New York University Press, 1993. Somewhat difficult reading, but excellent material on poker and other card games.

Charles P. Cozic and Paul Winters, eds., Gambling. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1995. Excellent bibliography and appendixes.

"Gambling on the Future," 1993, Kurtis Productions and A&E Network. Videotape. Good information about the casinos in Deadwood, South Dakota, and their impact on the town.

Daniel E. Ginsburg, The Fix Is In: A History of Baseball Gambling and Game Fixing Scandals. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1995. Excellent information about the infamous Black Sox scandal, among others.

Kenneth S. Greenberg, Honor & Slavery: Lies, Duels, Noses, Masks, Dressing as a Woman, Gifts, Strangers, Humanitarianism, Slave Rebellions, The Proslavery Argument, Baseball, Hunting, Gambling in the Old South. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. Excellent information, but somewhat...