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Once I hear the clatter of chips I almost go into convulsions," said Dostoyevsky, while Anatole France wrote, "The gambler is driven by the fascination of danger at the bottom of all great passions." The characters the reader meets in Players—chess grand masters, poolroom hustlers, or... read more

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LIKE ALL THE men of Babylon, I have proconsul; like all, I have been a slave.

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  1. con men
  2. gambling
  3. non-fiction
  4. pleasure strip
  5. scams 

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