Phil Watts: Casino Life | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781925644173 | Casino Life | : Psychology and Culture of Casino Gambling | Phil Watts

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Beschreibung

Casino Life is for those seeking to know more about casinos and their psychological effects, those who seek to find out why others gamble, and those who do gamble.

Find out why people gamble, why gambling can become addictive and the treatments used to help problem gamblers, as well as the beliefs around gambling and some of the elaborate theories people use to explain why they try to defy mathematical odds.

Über den Autor

Phil Watts grew up in the small town of Chertsey in Surrey. After graduating from Cambridge University, he spent his career working as a teacher, an educational psychologist and educational services leader working on behalf of children, particularly those with additional needs and disabilities. In addition, he established an IT software company and an organisational development consultancy. He is the co-author of several professional textbooks.Following his retirement, he began his interest in family history, recently publishing his new book, based on his detailed research about the life and times his Great Grandmother Lizzie Watts. He is working on a further book about other individual ancestors from his family tree, who are varied figures and characters of interest in their own [...] is a passionate amateur cook, a keen bridge player, and has continuing interests in music, comedy, classic cars and children's futures. Until the onset of Covid-19 he and his wife were avid travellers around all parts of the globe. In addition, a previous highlight of their year was their annual 'pilgrimage' to the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival. Over many years, he and his wife have amassed a collection of over 1,500 cheap-and-cheerful vintage cruets, as well as old postcards, some of which feature in his recent book 'Lizzie Watts'.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 - Why Do People Gamble?
It's All About Money, Right?
The Big Win
The Winning Rush
Take This Feeling Away

Chapter 2 - The Beliefs which Maintain Gambling
Chasing Losses
The Power of Many
Winning Theories
Conspiracy Theories
Luck

Chapter 3 - Casino Culture
Join the Club
Who Visits the Waterhole?
The Culture of Games
And the Dog Salivates
Croupiers

Chapter 4 - Money Management, Treatment, and the Future of Gambling
Problem Gambling
Money Management: How to be a Winner!
Money Management: Responsible Gambling
Treating Problem Gambling
Future of Casino Gambling

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Psychologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781925644173
ISBN-10:	1925644170
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Watts, Phil
Hersteller:	Australian Academic Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 7 mm
Von/Mit:	Phil Watts
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.10.2018
Gewicht:	0,148 kg