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The Odds - by Chad Millman (Paperback)

The Odds - by  Chad Millman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The Odds" follows the lives of three professional gamblers through a 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 for the sights of Vegas and its denizens, Millman has created a portrait that the" Wall Street Journal" calls "fascinating... often screamingly funny."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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. <i>The Odds</i> 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 <i>Wall Street Journal</i> called fascinating. . . often screamingly funny. <i>The Las Vegas Review-Journal</i> had just one word for the book: Superb.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Chad Millman</b> is the Editorial Director of ESPN Domestic Digital. He is the author of <i>The Odds</i> and coauthor of <i>The Ones Who Hit the Hardest, Iceman, Invincible</i>, and <i>Pickup Artists</i>. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two sons.

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