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" The madness of March : "
Alan Jay Zaremba.
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BL
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990510
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b744880
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| Main Entry
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Zaremba, Alan Jay.
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The madness of March : : bonding and betting with the boys in Las Vegas /\ Alan Jay Zaremba.
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
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| ISBN
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080322298X
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0803213832
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9780803213838
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| Notes
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"A Bison original"--Page 4 of cover.
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| Contents
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Tuesday night, March 13, 2007 -- Wednesday, March 14, 2007 -- Thursday, March 15, 2007 -- Friday, March 16, 2007 -- Saturday, March 17, 2007 -- Sunday, March 18, 2007.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Basketball-- Betting-- Nevada-- Las Vegas.
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College sports-- Corrupt practices-- Nevada-- Las Vegas.
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Basketball-- Betting.
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College sports-- Corrupt practices.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Basketball.
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Nevada, Las Vegas.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.323/630973
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GV887.7.Z37 2009eb
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