Context: the financial revolution -- The bank of England and the suspension of cash payments (1797-1821) -- Government loan contracting, 1793-1810 -- The house of Rothschild -- Taxation -- Peace and its consequences, 1815-1821 -- Conclusion.

Gaming, suppression and prejudice: gaming before the great war -- Gaming and the law 1939-1960 -- The tortuous road to the 1960 betting and gaming act -- The dance of the seven veils: gaming in Britain under the 1960 betting and gaming act -- The 1968 betting and gaming act -- Gangsters, ponces...