Tells the stories of a constellation of remarkable personalities, from John ""Old Smoke"" Morrissey, the Irish-born street thug who built Saratoga into a haven for gamblers and horsemen to Howard Hughes, whose secret entry by train into Las Vegas heralded the beginning of the end of crime syndicates in the gambling capital.
Tells the stories of a constellation of remarkable personalities, from John ""Old Smoke"" Morrissey, the Irish-born street thug who built Saratoga into a haven for gamblers and horsemen to Howard Hughes, whose secret entry by train into Las Vegas heralded the beginning of the end of crime syndicates in the gambling capital.
Contents Prologue Bad Bet: New Jersey and the Revel Atlantic City Fiasco PART I Dens of Thieves: Government Muscles Out the Mob 1 The Sport of Kings: Horse Racing and the Dark Power of the Wire 2 Golden Ticket: State-Run Lotteries Topple Illegal Numbers Rackets 3 State of Play: Nevada Breaks New Ground with Legalized Gambling 4 Mob Scene: Crime Syndicates Overwhelm Authorities in Nevada 5 Enemy Within: Government Fights Back Against Mob Influence 6 Vegas, Inc.: Corporate America Takes Command in Sin City PART II All In: The New Masters of Gambling 7 Siren Song: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Atlantic City 8 Betting on a Boom: States Promote Casinos as Engines of Revival 9 Rise of the Tribes: Tribes and States Forge Uneasy Gambling Partnerships 10 A Tangled Web: America's Deeply Conflicted Approach to Online Gambling 11 Games without Frontiers: Scandals, Bookies, Fantasy Sports, and an Uncertain Future Epilogue Double or Nothing: States Neglect the Human Cost of Problem Gambling Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Contents Prologue Bad Bet: New Jersey and the Revel Atlantic City Fiasco PART I Dens of Thieves: Government Muscles Out the Mob 1 The Sport of Kings: Horse Racing and the Dark Power of the Wire 2 Golden Ticket: State-Run Lotteries Topple Illegal Numbers Rackets 3 State of Play: Nevada Breaks New Ground with Legalized Gambling 4 Mob Scene: Crime Syndicates Overwhelm Authorities in Nevada 5 Enemy Within: Government Fights Back Against Mob Influence 6 Vegas, Inc.: Corporate America Takes Command in Sin City PART II All In: The New Masters of Gambling 7 Siren Song: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Atlantic City 8 Betting on a Boom: States Promote Casinos as Engines of Revival 9 Rise of the Tribes: Tribes and States Forge Uneasy Gambling Partnerships 10 A Tangled Web: America's Deeply Conflicted Approach to Online Gambling 11 Games without Frontiers: Scandals, Bookies, Fantasy Sports, and an Uncertain Future Epilogue Double or Nothing: States Neglect the Human Cost of Problem Gambling Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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