@article{316084,
      recid = {316084},
      author = {Hoffer, Richard.},
      title = {Jackpot nation : rambling and gambling across our  landscape of luck /},
      publisher = {HarperCollins,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {241 p. ;},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {No longer quarantined in Las Vegas, gambling has become as  local as our neighborhood cineplex. If there's not a casino  around the corner, there's one on your laptop computer. 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.  It's no wonder that we spend more money gambling than we do  on movies, music, sports, video games, and theme parks  combined! Here, acclaimed sportswriter Hoffer takes us on a  headlong tour, alternately horrifying and hilarious, across  our landscape of luck, discovering just how determined we  are to gamble. He also discovers that the very institutions  that used to regulate this workout are now its biggest  cheerleaders: yesterday's numbers racket is today's state  lottery; yesterday's mob casino is now part of a Fortune  500 company. And he concludes that people are, mostly,  having a good time.--From publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/316084},
}