Mitchell, Donald
Summary: "A history of Indian casinos in America reveals the lesser-known partnership between Native American tribes and the Mafia that has been responsible for the creation of hundreds of Vegas-style casinos throughout the United States, in part by taking advantage of historical injustices and cultural protections,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.926 MITSummary: Chronicles the untold history of Las Vegas, a story that may have never existed without the foresight and sponsorship of America's organized crime syndicate. Las Vegas is the country's greatest resort city and the gambling capital of the world. Home of the famous, and infamous Strip. The right price will get every kind of entertainment and is available for everyone and anyone at any time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VEGWalters, Billy
Summary: "Anybody can get lucky. Nobody controls the odds like Billy Walters. Widely regarded as "the Michael Jordan of sports betting," Walters is a living legend in Las Vegas and among sports bettors worldwide. With an unmatched winning streak of thirty-six consecutive years, Walters has become fabulously wealthy by placing hundreds of millions of dollars a year in gross wagers, including one Super...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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Summary: "Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self-help-measures to limit their usage, yet repeatedly fail, while parents feel particularly powerless to help their children. Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies shows us a way out. Rather than blaming users, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 BERRoes, Nicholas A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brandon Books 1988
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Publisher / Publication Date: Borders books 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795 SCASummary: A group of college students used its math skills to win millions and life in the fast lane seemed like a sure bet. Slip back to the '80s and '90s, when a group of overachieving M.I.T. students morphed into high-rolling, big-stakes gamblers. Backed by anonymous investors, they checked into hotels under assumed names and, pretending not to know each other, communicated with secret gestures and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.423 BREThorp, Edward O.
Summary: Traces the author's experiences as a mathematics wizard, author, inventor, hedge-fund manager, and card-counter who revealed casino-beating strategies, invented the first wearable computer, and launched a Wall Street revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THORP, EDWARD O. THOKonik, Michael.
Summary: An inside look at the lucrative world of professional high-stakes sports betting by a journalist who lived a secret life as a key operative in the world's most successful sports gambling ring. When Konik landed an interview with Rick "Big Daddy" Matthews, the largest bet he'd ever placed was $200. Konik was no stranger to Vegas, but Matthews was in a different league: the man was rumored to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795 KONMiller, Melissa F.
Summary: Investigating an embezzlement scheme at a Native American casino tears federal prosecutor Aroostine Higgins away from a romantic getaway with her husband, Joe. Dispatched by her superior in the hopes that her Native American roots will win trust in a community wary of outsiders, Aroostine goes on high alert when she finds her would-be informant executed in his home. Money skimming, murder, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bonus Books 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Schwartz, David G.
Contents: Prologue: The rainmaker reborn -- Thoth's gift -- The die is cast -- Knaves and kings -- Taming Tyche -- The Ridotto revolution -- All is on the hazard -- Star-spangled gamblers -- Baiting John Bull -- Seeking the cure -- Flight of the sparrow -- Wild cards -- Fools of fortune -- A sunny place for shady people -- Wise guys and one-armed bandits -- Hard to resist -- The salvation of sin -- A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.01 SCHHill, David
Summary: Before Vegas was big, Hot Springs, Arkansas was home to healing waters, art deco splendor, horse racing, nearly a dozen illegal casinos, countless bank rooms and brothels, and some of the country's most bald-faced criminals. Hill follows three individuals spanning the golden decades of Hot Springs: from the 1930s through the 1960s-- and the lavish casino whose rise and fall would bring them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.7 HILIacono, Sal
Summary: "Over the last forty years, Cousin Sal has made bets with doctors, lawyers, teachers, agents, bookies, writers, comedians, radio DJs, tv producers, baseball players, front office executives, bandleaders, movie stars, publicists, weed lab owners, hedge fund operators, and even professional wrestlers. From his early days growing up in Brooklyn and Long Island flipping baseball cards to now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 IACONO, SAL IACMezrich, Ben
Summary: Follows a group of hard-partying frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local Missoula bar into one of the largest online poker companies in the world--and who became fugitives on the run after the U.S. Department of Justice went after them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.412 MEZPolisi, Salvatore
Summary: An insider's account of the downfall of the New York mob profiles organized crime at the height of its influence while recounting the author's participation in several lucrative heists and relating his decision to become a federal informant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 POLSuzuki, Julietta
Summary: When Nanami inherits a shrine, it comes with divine powers and a hot fox spirit! Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KAMAxelrad, Josh.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795.423 AXEEarley, Pete.
Summary: "Pete Earley takes a look at the checkered history of Las Vegas--when moguls, mobsters, and the world's top entertainers came together to create this ultimate monument to American excess. This book reveals the real stories of well-known power brokers like Steve Wynn, Vegas legends like Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, and the rise and fall and rise again of the entrepreneurs behind one of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.3 EARMezrich, Ben
Summary: When M.I.T. sutdent Kevin Lewis meets classmates Jason Fisher and Andre Martinez, he is intrigued. Although neither seems to have any real responsibilities, they always have plenty of cash. One evening, they tell Kevin why. Using card-tracking calculations, they have devised a way to beat blackjack. Once he learns the system, Kevin joins Jason and Andre at the casinos. There to the growing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.172 MEZMezrich, Ben
Summary: Semyon Dukach was the darling of Las Vegas. A legend at twenty-one, this hotshot was the biggest high roller in decades, a mathematical genius with a system the casinos had never seen before and couldn't stop--a system that has never been revealed until now; that has nothing to do with card counting, wasn't illegal, and was more powerful than anything tried before. From Atlantic City to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Bird Pub. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 795 PICRandisi, Robert J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2006