Introduction

The anthropology of gambling includes the comparative analysis of gambling in cultures of the past and present as well as in-depth studies, based on participant observation, of gambling in particular settings. From an anthropological perspective gambling emerges as an exchange system connected with other reciprocal systems in society and as an activity sustained by cultural imagery and symbolic significances.

OnGambling.org is a web domain managed by PhD Per Binde with the intention to provide facts and knowledge on gambling as well as information on gambling research. This section of the OnGambling.org website presents anthropological research on gambling conducted by Per Binde at Göteborg University.