Albion College
HSP 135-01
Spring 02025
Great Issues In Humanities: Perspectives on Gambling
Reading Schedule and Discussion Questions
Texts:
Roll The Bones: The History of Gambling, Casino Edition (RTB), by David Schwartz
The Literary Companion to Gambling (TLCG), by Annabel Davis-Goff
–Note: This title is unavailable through Brit Books. Multiple copies will be made available through alternate channels.
The Logic of Chance (TLC), by John Venn
The Unfinished Game (TUG), by Keith Devlin
Bringing Down the House (BDH), by Ben Mezrich
Basic Gambling Mathematics: The Numbers Behind the Neon, 2nd edition (BGMNBN), by Mark Bollman→
Discussion questions will be linked from this page when they are received from each day's discussion leaders. You should check this page each day before class.
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Tentative schedule of events |
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Week of (Monday) |
Reading assignments and other news (Text codes appear above) |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
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8/25 |
Introduction |
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9/1 |
Labor Day |
Project 1 due |
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9/8 |
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9/15 |
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9/22 |
Project 2 due |
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9/29 |
Lab 1 |
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10/6 |
Project 3 due |
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10/13 |
Fall Break |
Lab 2 |
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10/20 |
BDH Ch. 1-7 |
TBA |
BDH Ch. 8-14 |
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10/27 |
Lab 3 |
BDH Ch.15-21 |
BDH Ch. 22-32 |
Breaking Vegas, part 1 Project 4 due |
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11/3 |
Breaking Vegas, part 2 |
Field trip |
Aftermath |
Reading TBA |
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11/10 |
TLC Ch. 9-10 |
TLC Ch. 11-12 |
RTB Ch. 9 |
Lab 4 |
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11/17 |
RTB Ch. 10-11 |
RTB Ch. 12-13 Project 5 due |
TLCG p. 181-204 |
TLCG p. 205-241 |
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11/24 |
RTB Ch. 14-15 |
TLC Ch. 13-14 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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12/1 |
TLC Ch. 15-16 |
TLC Ch. 17-19 |
RTB Ch. 16 Project 6 due |
RTB Ch. 17 |
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12/8 |
Final Exam Week–Meeting Thursday, 11 December, 300–500 PM. Final projects and presentations due at this meeting. |
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