The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers, and the Death of Their Las Vegas

One gambler is a manic former cokehead with an Ivy League degree. The second is a college dropout trying to make a living at the only thing he enjoyed at school -- gambling. The third, one of Vegas's most respected bookmakers, is perilously close to burning out. The Odds follows the lives of these three professional gamblers through a college basketball season in a one-of-a-kind city struggling to reconcile its lawless past with its family-friendly makeover. With a wiseguy attitude and a faultless eye and ear for the sights and sounds of Vegas and its denizens, Chad Millman has created a portrait that the Wall Street Journal called fascinating. . . often screamingly funny. The Las Vegas Review-Journal had just one word for the book: Superb.

Author: Chad Millman
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 03/28/2002
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.52w x 0.78d
ISBN13: 9780306811562
ISBN10: 0306811561
BISAC Categories:
- Games & Activities | Gambling | Sports
- Sports & Recreation | Basketball

About the Author
Chad Millman is the Editorial Director of ESPN Domestic Digital. He is the author of The Odds and coauthor of The Ones Who Hit the Hardest, Iceman, Invincible, and Pickup Artists. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two sons.