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The Dostoevsky Effect Problem Gambling And The Origins Of Addiction

by Lorne Tepperman

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A team of University of Toronto sociologists examined Fyodor Dostoyevsky's life to determine the origins of his gambling addiction and draw interesting parallels with the experience of modern day gamblers that they interviewed and took bibliographical accounts from in their study of Toronto area residents.

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