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100 1  Raymer, Beth. 
245 10 Lay the favorite|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]|ba
       memoir of gambling /|cBeth Raymer. 
264  1 New York :|bSpiegel & Grau,|c[2010] 
264  4 |c©2010 
300    1 online resource 
336    unspecified|bzzz|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
500    Electronic book. 
520    "An eye-popping and hilarious joyride through the 
       underworld of sports betting. Beth Raymer arrived in Las 
       Vegas in 2001, hoping to land a job as a cocktail waitress
       at one of the big casinos. In the meantime, she lived in a
       $17-a-night motel with her dog, Otis, and waited tables at
       a low-rent Thai restaurant. One day, one of her regular 
       customers told her about a job she thought Beth would be 
       perfect for and sent her to see Dink, of Dink Inc. Dink 
       was a professional sports gambler--one of the biggest in 
       Vegas. He was looking for a right-hand man--someone who 
       would show up on time, who had a head for numbers, and who
       didn't steal. She got the job. Lay the Favorite is the 
       story of Beth Raymer's years in the high-stakes, high-
       anxiety world of sports betting--a period that saw the 
       fall of the local bookie and the rise of the freewheeling,
       unregulated offshore sports book, and with it the 
       elevation of sports betting in popular culture. As the 
       business explodes, Beth rises--from assistant to expert, 
       trusted and seasoned enough to open an offshore booking 
       office in the Caribbean with a few associates, men who 
       leave their families up north to make a quick killing, 
       while donning new tropical personas fueled by abundant 
       drugs and local girlfriends, and who one by one succumb to
       their vices. They lie, cheat, steal, and run, until Beth 
       is the last man standing" -- from publisher's web site. 
533    Electronic reproduction.|bNew York|cRandom House 
       Publishing Group|d2010|nAvailable via World Wide Web. 
590    gobal done 
600 10 Raymer, Beth. 
650  0 Gamblers|zNevada|vBiography. 
650  0 Gambling|zNevada|zLas Vegas. 
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