The madness of March bonding and betting with the boys in Las Vegas /

• Main Author: Zaremba, Alan Jay.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
• Subjects: Basketball > Betting > Nevada > Las Vegas.; College sports > Corrupt practices > Nevada > Las Vegas.; Basketball.; SPORTS & RECREATION > Basketball.; Basketball > Betting.; College sports > Corrupt practices.; Nevada > Las Vegas.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: "A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
• ISBN: 9780803222984 (electronic bk.); 080322298X (electronic bk.)

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.