gambling

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Gambling

what's at stake?
2003
Presents a compilation of primary and secondary source materials, including graphs, quotes, articles, and charts, that provide information about gambling in the United States, covering supply and demand, casinos, lotteries, and sports and Internet gambling.

Gambling

crime or recreation?
2000
A compilation of primary and secondary source materials, including graphs, quotes, articles, and charts, that provide information about gambling in America, covering casino gambling on Native American reservations and elsewhere, lotteries, bingo, pari-mutuel betting, and illegal gambling.

The whole sky full of stars

2008
Eighteen-year-old Barry competes in a non-sanctioned boxing match in hopes of helping his recently-widowed mother, unaware that his best friend and manager, Alby, has his own desperate need for a share of the purse that may put their friendship on the line.

21, bringing down the house movie tie-in

the inside story of six MIT students who took Vegas for millions
2008
Describes how a group of overachieving, anarchist MIT students joined a decades-old underground blackjack club dedicated to counting cards and beating the system at major casinos around the world, managed to legally take several Las Vegas casinos for more than three million dollars.

No limit

2005
Sixteen-year-old Denn finds himself alienating both friends and family when he becomes obsessed with playing high-stakes poker with adult gamblers.

Improbable

2005
Compulsive gambler David Caine uses his brilliant mathematical mind to outsmart the odds at Manhattan's underground poker clubs, but when he experiences a severe epileptic seizure at a key moment, he finds his life spinning out of control, and agrees to try an experimental treatment that soon causes more harm than good.

Gambling

winners & losers
1995
Addresses the issues of legalized gambling, illegal gambling, and compulsive gambling in an even-handed way.

Point spread

1991
A linebacker with a brilliant college record sees his hopes for a career in professional football totter and his team's season threatened when he is implicated in a gambling scandal.

First Mate Tate

2000
Her parents' gambling addiction robs twelve-year-old First Mate of her childhood as she must care for her younger siblings and earn money to pay family expenses.

How to eat fried worms

1988
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.

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