The Lottery Wars

The Lottery Wars
Author: Matthew Sweeney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2009-03-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1596913045

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A history of the lottery in America cites its popularity in spite of unfavorable odds and laws that ban most forms of gambling, evaluates the role of lotteries in shaping Jamestown and other regions, and recounts lesser-known stories of legal disputes and financial ruin pertaining to lottery activity.


The Lottery Wars
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Matthew Sweeney
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-03 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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A history of the lottery in America cites its popularity in spite of unfavorable odds and laws that ban most forms of gambling, evaluates the role of lotteries
The Lottery Wars
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Matthew Sweeney
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-01 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Despite the infinitesimal odds, more than half of Americans admit to occasionally playing the lottery. We wait on long lines and give up our coffee breaks. We s
Random Destiny: How the Vietnam War Draft Lottery Shaped a Generation
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Wesley Abney
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-30 - Publisher: Vernon Press

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This book provides a concise but thorough summary of how the selective service system worked from 1965 through 1973, and also demonstrates how this selective pr
Lottery Wars
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Randy Bobbitt
Categories: Games & Activities
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Lexington Books

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Between 1986 and 2005, nearly every state in the Southeast grappled with one or more proposals for a state-run lottery. The political battles and marketing camp
I Won a Life in the Lottery
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Dale Warren
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

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Dale Walker won the lottery, not the Power Ball but the Vietnam War Draft lottery. Being a draft dodger was not an option in his family. They believed in the ol