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Gambling has held human beings in thrall for millennia. It has been engaged in everywhere, from the dregs of society to the most respectable circles.

Peter L. Bernstein

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Peter L. Bernstein
Age: 90 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 22
Died: 2009
Died: June 5
Economist
Pedagogue
Peter Lewyn Bernstein
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