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Jackpot Nation - by Richard Hoffer (Paperback)

Name: Jackpot Nation - by Richard Hoffer (Paperback)
Brand: Harper Perennial
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Author(s): Richard Hoffer
256 Pages
Games, Gambling

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About the Book

Part history, part travelogue, part investigative reporting, "Jackpot Nation" is an unflinching look at how gambling has become one of America's most popular--and problematic--pastimes.

From the Back Cover

Is this a great country or what?

You can bet on the turn of the card or a roll of the dice, but also on the NFL, the NCAA, and which Olsen twin marries first. We bet $80 billion 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 and convenient as our neighborhood cineplex. If there's not a casino around the corner, there's one on your laptop computer.

In Jackpot Nation, Richard Hoffer takes us on a headlong tour, alternately horrifying and hilarious, across our landscape of luck. Whether he's trying to win a side of bacon in a Minnesota bar, hustling a paper sack filled with $100,000 in cash across Las Vegas parking lots, poring over expansion plans with a tribal chief in California, or visiting the New York prison cell of a retired bus salesman with a poor understanding of three-game parlays, Hoffer explores with wit and heart our national inclination--a cultural predisposition, even--to take a chance.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 7.98 Inches (H) x 5.34 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)

Weight: .47 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 256

Genre: Games

Sub-Genre: Gambling

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Theme: Sports

Format: Paperback

Author: Richard Hoffer

Language: English

Street Date: February 26, 2008

TCIN: 1003739790

UPC: 9780060761455

Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-6080

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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