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000316084 1001_ $$aHoffer, Richard.
000316084 24510 $$aJackpot nation :$$brambling and gambling across our landscape of luck /$$cRichard Hoffer.
000316084 250__ $$a1st ed.
000316084 260__ $$aNew York :$$bHarperCollins,$$c2007.
000316084 300__ $$a241 p. ;$$c22 cm.
000316084 520__ $$aNo 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.
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