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Item Open Access The gambling games of the Chinese in America : fan t'an, the game of repeatedly spreading out, and pak kop piu or, the game of white pigeon ticket(University of Pennsylvania Press, 1891) Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929This item provides a ethnographic description of one of the best known and most popular gambling games among the Chinese labourers in America.Item Open Access Games of the North American Indians : games of chance (Vol. I)(University of Nebraska Press, 1992) Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929This volume discusses games of chance, involving guessing and throwing dice. It is shown that the games of North American tribes were remarkably similar in method and purpose. Games using dice of various materials — wood, cane, bone, animal teeth, fruit stones — existed among 130 tribes belonging to 30 linguistic groups. The games are described in detail in this volume, and so are the popular guessing games drawing on sticks and wooden disks and involving hidden objects.