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The gaming table : its votaries and victims, in all times and countries, especially in England and in France. Vol. 2

  
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THE GAMING TABLE.
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CHEVALIERS D'INDUSTRIE, OR POLITE SHARPERS.
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PROFESSIONAL GAMESTERS AND THEIR FRAUDS.
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ANECDOTES OF THE PASSIONS AND VICISSITUDES OF GAMESTERS.
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ATROCITIES, DUELS, SUICIDES, AND EXECUTION OF GAMBLERS.
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ODDITIES AND WITTICISMS OF GAMBLERS.
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THE GAMING CLUBS.
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DOINGS IN GAMING HOUSES.
  
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COFFEE-HOUSE SHARPERS.
  
MILLER'S GAMING HOUSE.
  
ATTACKS ON GAMING HOUSES.
  
`SOMETHING HONOURABLE TO THE BRITISH FLAG.'
  
COARSE LANGUAGE OF GAMESTERS.
  
BOASTED PROTECTION OF GREAT NAMES TO GAMING HOUSES.
  
FORTUNATE RISE OF A CLUB-HOUSE WAITER.
  
PLAY IN 1820.
  
ACCOUNT OF A GAME AT HAZARD.
  
PROGRESS IN THE GAMING TRADE.
  
PLAY IN 1838.
  
STATISTICS OF GAMBLING IN 1844.
  
DESPERATION AT GAMING HOUSES.
  
`DEVILISH DOINGS IN A "HELL.'' '
  
GAFFING.
  
TOMMY DODD.
  
GAMBLING AT THE WINE AND OYSTER ROOMS, OR `SALOONS.'
  
CARDS THAT WOULD BEAT THE D — L HIMSELF!
  
GENEROSITY (?) OF A GAMING HOUSE KEEPER.
  
HOSPITALITY OF GAMING HOUSES, AND POPULARITY OF CITY MEN AT THEM.
  
THE TRAFFIC IN HUSH MONEY.
  
WALKING OFF WITH A £200 BANK-NOTE.
  
PERQUISITES OF GAMBLING HOUSE WAITERS.
  
PAUL ROUBEL.
  
TITLED GREEKS, OR `DECOYS.'
  
WHY CHEATS WERE CALLED GREEKS.
  
GAMING TABLE SLANG AND MANŒUVRES.
  
SPECIMEN OF A QUASI GAMING HOUSE CIRCULAR.
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THE DOCTRINE OF PROBABILITIES APPLIED TO GAMBLING.
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THE HISTORY OF DICE AND CARDS.
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PIQUET, BASSET, FARO, HAZARD, PASSE-DIX, PUT, CROSS AND PILE, THIMBLE-RIG.
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COCK-FIGHTING.
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THE TURF, HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, MORAL.
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FORTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS (FOR LADIES).
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A MAGNIFICENT FORTUNE WASTED.

Lord Foley, who died in 1793, entered upon the turf with an estate of £18,000 per annum, and £100,000 ready money. He left with a ruined constitution, an encumbered estate, and not a shilling of ready money!

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