Sucker's Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America

For correspondence: Nigel E. Turner, PhD, Scientist, 33 Russell Street, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2S1. Phone: 416-535-8501 ext. 6063, fax: 416-595-6899, e-mail: Nigel_Turner@camh.net. Nigel E. Turner is by training a cognitive research psychologist and long-involved in numerous gambling studies. He is particularly interested in gambling systems and the experience of gambling. He is working towards an integrative model of the psychology, biology, and sociology of pathological gambling. He has a keen interest in history and as a hobby participates in historical re-enactments of the War of 1812.