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

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 o...

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Main Author: Zaremba, Alan Jay.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
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