HSP 135-01
Albion College
Fall 02025

Discussion Questions for RTB, Prologue and Chapter 1

1. Why did gambling in Nevada boom during the Great Depression? 

2. The Mohegan remains one of the most prominent casinos in the United States. Why are some of the most prevalent casinos on Native American land?

3. Page 3 - When the hunters cast bones to determine the meat divisions, what happens to the hunter that gets stuck with the unrollable, round side of the bone?

4. Page 6 - How did Mercantile Gambling change gambling?

5. Page 12/12 - Do you think that Da Ponte wanted out of Venice because society was addicted to gambling and it was only getting worse?

6. Page 16 - In a society with so many gender norms, how do you think men felt about women gambling alongside them?

7. Which countries, peoples or ideas had the greats impact on the development of gambling?

        Was it with the start of divination that seems to be how gambling first got its roots?
        Was it from eastern countries, mostly China?
        Italy (North) was very instrumental in building of mercantile gambling (bank games).
        Venice built the first casino.

8. What do you think is the most important contribution that each country made?

9. In early human times, would gambling have been present in some form in remote areas like Australia?

10. Does gambling play a significant role in society today? How is this similar/different from that in history?

11. What about gambling continues to attract people despite devastating consequences they've seen?

12. Likewise, throughout history, societies like the French and Italians were destroyed by gambling, but it continued. Why did this happen, despite efforts to ban gambling?

   

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