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1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Note |
"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Basketball -- Betting -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
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Basketball -- Betting. |
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Nevada -- Las Vegas. |
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College sports -- Corrupt practices -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
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College sports -- Corrupt practices. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Zaremba, Alan Jay. Madness of March. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009 0803213832 9780803213838 (DLC) 2008034067 (OCoLC)243601917 |
ISBN |
9780803222984 (electronic book) |
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080322298X (electronic book) |
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0803213832 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780803213838 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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