Description |
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) |
Contents |
Tuesday night, March 13, 2007 -- Wednesday, March 14, 2007 -- Thursday, March 15, 2007 -- Friday, March 16, 2007 -- Saturday, March 17, 2007 -- Sunday, March 18, 2007 |
Summary |
Every spring, the first four days of the NCAA men's basketball tournament attracts a horde of basketball bettors to Las Vegas. From the tip-off of the tournament's first game on Thursday morning to the final whistle on Sunday, throngs of bettors--overwhelmingly male--sit in smoky casinos obsessively watching as many as forty-eight college basketball games. This book immerses readers in that action. In The Madness of March: Bonding and Betting with the Boys in Las Vegas, Alan Jay Zaremba travels to The Strip and gives us a front-row view of the betting culture that surrounds the frenzied first we |
Notes |
"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Basketball -- Betting -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
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College sports -- Corrupt practices -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball.
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Basketball -- Betting
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College sports -- Corrupt practices
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Nevada -- Las Vegas
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780803222984 |
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080322298X |
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