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Jackpot Nation : Is this a great country or what? You can bet on the turn of the card, a roll of the dice - but also the NFL, the NCAA, and which Olson twin marries first. We bet $80 million a year, the amount growing wildly as more and more people gain access to this huge American wheel of fortune. No longer quarantined in Las Vegas, gambling has become as local as our neighborhood cineplex. In Jackpot Nation, acclaimed Sports Illustrated writer Richard Hoffer takes us on a headlong tour, alternately horrifying and hilarious, across our landscape of luck, discovering just how ridiculously determined we are to gamble. Whether he's trying to win a side of bacon in a Minnesota bar, hustling a paper sack filled with $100,000 cash across Las Vegas parking lots, or visiting a retired bus salesman with a poor understanding of three-game parlays in his New York prison cell, Hoffer finds a national inclination - a cultural predisposition, even - to take a chance.

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ISBN 13:9780060761455
ISBN 10:0060761458
Formato:Tapa Suave
Idioma:Inglés
Páginas:241
Tamaño:7.80" l x 5.20" w x 0.70" h
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