Part 1: Introduction 1. Dimensions of Gaming and Gambling in East Asia William H. Kelly Part 2: Town and Country: The Geography of Gaming and Gambling in East Asia 2. Localist and Cosmopolitan Gambling in Rural China: The Mark Six Lottery and the Shaofo Card Game Hans Steinmuller 3. Village card games (with special reference to the village of Huann) Duan Lanfang Part 3: Politics of Play: Gambling and the State in East Asia 4. History and Hope: The Politics of Lotteries in Postwar Taiwan Paul Festa 5. Structural and Management Reform of Public Pari-mutuel Betting Toru Mihara 6. "Water Fight" in a Yokohama Slum: An Ethnographic Study of an Off-course Powerboat Race Gambling Facility in Urban Japan Tom Gill 7.

The Politics of Horseracing as seen through the museum of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Dixon Wong Part 4: Cultures of Gaming and Gambling 8. Tiles that Bind: Mahjong and Social Connections in Post-war Japan Benjamin Boas 9. Gambling Addiction and the Developmental History of the Korean Gambling Industry Kim Se Gun 10. Tibetan Identity and the Game of ¿sho¿ Daisuke Murakami Part 5: Risk and Reward: Economy and Status of Gaming and Gambling in East Asia 11. Gaming in Japan: Past, Present and Future Sasaki Kazuaki 12. The culture of risk-taking in the crisis economy: Pachinko meets Lehman Brothers Wolfram Manzenreiter.