The Odds - One Season, Three Gamblers And The Death Of Their Las Vegas (Paperback, New Ed)

One gambler is a manic former cokehead with an Ivy League degree. The second is a college dropout trying to make a living at the only thing he enjoyed at school,gambling. The third, one of Vegas's most respected bookmakers, is perilously close to burning out. The Odds follows the lives of these three professional gamblers through a college basketball season in a one-of-a-kind city struggling to reconcile its lawless past with its family-friendly makeover. With a wiseguy attitude and a faultless eye and ear for the sights and sounds of Vegas and its denizens, Chad Millman has created a portrait that the Wall Street Journal called "fascinating. . . often screamingly funny." The Las Vegas Review-Journal had just one word for the book: "Superb."

General

Imprint:	Da Capo Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	March 2002
Authors:	Chad Millman
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-81156-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Hobbies, quizzes & games > Gambling > General
LSN:	0-306-81156-1
Barcode:	9780306811562

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