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Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz, and Danger of America's Gambling Industry Hardcover - 1998

by Timothy L. O'Brien


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Like tobacco, the gambling industry has its share of dirty little secrets. Its "nicotine" is the compulsive gambler, the relative few who are absolutely necessary to the well-being of the industry because they bring in 80% of its revenue. This long-ignored problem confronts the gambling business with the same threats and challenges that nicotine addiction posed for big tobacco.

Bad Bet exposes the false promise of economic revival that has lured communities to depend on gambling for jobs and for a fiscal fix, and the criminal connections of many of its leading companies. Timothy O'Brien also looks at the industry's new frontier in cyberspace. Bad Bet is a cautionary tale about the spreading influence of gambling -- and its often devastating effects on communities and people.

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  • Title Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz, and Danger of America's Gambling Industry
  • Author Timothy L. O'Brien
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 339
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Crown Business, New York
  • Date September 8, 1998
  • ISBN 9780812928075 / 0812928075
  • Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.46 x 1.15 in (24.38 x 16.41 x 2.92 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-4935
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.25
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