| The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers, and the Death of Their Las Vegas Contributor(s): Millman, Chad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306811561 ISBN-13: 9780306811562 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $21.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: "The Odds" follows the lives of three professional gamblers through a 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 for the sights of Vegas and its denizens, Millman has created a portrait that the" Wall Street Journal" calls "fascinating... often screamingly funny." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Games & Activities | Gambling - Sports - Sports & Recreation | Basketball - Sports & Recreation | Football |
| Dewey: 796.323 |
| Lexile Measure: 1130 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.52" W x 8.26" (0.74 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |