Discusses issues pertaining to legalized gambling, covering laws, compulsive gambling, and positive and negative aspects of gaming, and includes related quotes, anecdotes, and discussion which were originally published in "USA Today.".
Describes more than ninety casino and casino hotel careers, including information on salaries, special requirements, advancement, unions, schools, and how to find jobs.
Seventeen-year-old Michal Garcia, a bookie at Carson City High School, raises the stakes in her illegal activities after she meets wealthy, risk-taking Josh Ellison.
A compilation of primary and secondary source materials, including graphs, quotes, articles, and charts, that provides information about gambling in the United States, covering supply and demand, casinos, lotteries, and sports and Internet gambling.
Provides information about the history of gambling in the United States; looks at the advent of casinos run by Native Americans; and discusses the odds of winning, and gambling addiction.
A linebacker with a brilliant college record sees his hopes for a career in professional football totter and his teams's season threatened when he is implicated in a gambling scandal.
The 1988 World Series win by the Los Angeles Dodgers sets off a chain of life-changing events for thirteen-year-old Ruby Tuesday as she travels to Las Vegas and learns some surprising truths about her family members and their careers as gamblers and musicians.
Discusses the dangers of betting on sporting events, examines legal and illegal betting, identifies the signs of gambling addiction, and provides a listing of places to go for help.
