The lottery wars
Subtitle: long odds, fast money, and the battle over an American institution
By: Matthew Sweeney.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781596913042
Subjects: Lotteries -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early history; title: The lottery gets professional; title: Illegal numbers go legit; title: Curtis sharp & the boom years; title: The lottery comes to town; title: GTECH : lottery giant; title: Playing to win in Massachusetts; title: At the lottery conference; title: Privatization : history repeats itself.