The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers And The Death Of Their Las Vegas

Chad Millman

Mar 2009 · Sold by Da Capo Press

About this ebook

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. The Odds 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 Wall Street Journal called "fascinating. . . often screamingly funny." The Las Vegas Review-Journal had just one word for the book: "Superb."

Ratings and reviews

Fabulous read! Really gives a lot if insight into the lives of these men. All are characters in their own way, but my favorite is Alan Boston. Although some information is sensitive it is really a book to be read

I loved sitting and reading this book as well as listening to Chad Millmans' podcast with Scootch. This book and those guys have changed my life in a positive way that I will always be thankful for. I can only do the best I can to show discipline and use my head and always know the right time to move on a line and when to keep it tucked. If you never step up to that counter then you never will know because sometimes you just have to take a chance and believe. Thank you guys.

Loved this book!

About the author

Chad Millman is the Editorial Director of ESPN Domestic Digital. He is the author of The Odds and coauthor of The Ones Who Hit the Hardest, Iceman, Invincible, and Pickup Artists. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two sons.