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Bad bet : the inside story of the glamour, glitz, and danger of America's gambling industry

Title
Bad bet : the inside story of the glamour, glitz, and danger of America's gambling industry / Timothy L. O'Brien.
Author
O'Brien, Timothy L., 1961-
Publication
New York : Times Business, [1998], ©1998.

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Subject
  • Gambling
  • Compulsive gambling
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-324) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Going for Broke -- 1. Cyberspace: Borderless Betting -- 2. Las Vegas: Let the Games Begin -- 3. Atlantic City: Resort of Broken Promises -- 4. New Orleans: Mischief in the Big Easy -- 5. Mashantucket: The Rainmaker -- 6. Albany: Dollars and Dreams -- 7. Louisville: Fading Jewel of the Sport of Kings -- 8. San Francisco: All That Glitters -- 9. New York: Risky Business -- 10. Chicago: Churches, Charities, and Chance -- Epilogue: Endgame.
ISBN
0812928075
LCCN
98004935
OCLC
ocm38239178
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries