TY - BOOK AU - Sweeney,Matthew TI - The lottery wars: long odds, fast money, and the battle over an American institution SN - 9781596913042 (alk. paper) AV - HG6126 .S94 2009 U1 - 795.3/80973 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury KW - Lotteries KW - United States KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index; The first lottery -- The professionals -- Going legit -- The bloom years -- One vote -- GTECH :Curtis sharp & the boom years -- The lottery comes to town -- GTECH : lottery giant -- Playing to win in Massachusetts -- At the lottery conference -- Privatization : history repeats itself UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008030835.html ER -