Sports Betting and Bookmaking: An American History by Lang, Arne K.

Sports Betting and Bookmaking: An American History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442265530)

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Format: Hardcover
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Sports Betting and Bookmaking: An American History by Lang, Arne K.

Sports Betting and Bookmaking: An American History

$50.00
Sports Betting and Bookmaking: An American History by Lang, Arne K.

Sports Betting and Bookmaking: An American History

$50.00
Format: Hardcover
Description
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This book provides a sweeping overview of sports and race betting in the United States, from the first thoroughbred meet at Saratoga in 1863 through the modern day. It is also the first comprehensive exploration of the evolution of bookmaking, including the legal developments and technological advancements that have taken place over the years.

Author: Arne K. Lang
ISBN-10: 1442265531
ISBN-13: 9781442265530
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2016
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/09/2016
By Arne K. Lang
By Arne K. Lang
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Arne K. Lang is a freelance writer specializing in boxing and sports gambling. He also holds an MA in sociology and taught at UNLV and Tuskegee Institute. Lang has written for many weekly papers, leading boxing magazines, and for Stardust Sports Registry, a publication he created while affiliated with the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. He is the author of Sports Betting 101: Making Sense of the Bookie Business and the Business of Beating the Bookie (1992), Prizefighting: An American History (2008), and The Nelson-Wolgast Fight and the San Francisco Boxing Scene, 1900-1914 (2012).

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