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040 _aUAB
_beng
_erda
_cUAB
_dUAB
_dCLE
_dNFG
020 _a9780316487924
_q(trade paperback, new edition)
020 _a0316487929
_q(trade paperback, new edition)
035 _a(OCoLC)1066239892
043 _an-us-nv
_an-us---
092 _a338.7617
_bB613
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aBinkley, Christina,
_eauthor.
_9374399
245 1 0 _aWinner takes all :
_bhow casino mogul Steve Wynn won--and lost--the high stakes gamble to own Las Vegas /
_cChristina Binkley.
250 _aNew edition.
250 _aRevised trade paperback edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHachette Books,
_c2018.
264 4 _c©2018
300 _axiii, 319 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Originally published in hardcover by Hyperion Books in March 2008 and in trade paperback in March 2009" -- Title page verso.
500 _aIncludes index.
520 _aWall Street Journal reporter Christina Binkley takes a close look at the trio of tycoons whose high-stakes gambles made Sin City soar. This is the story of how billions of dollars and the unparalleled drive for power made the personal visions of three moguls--Kirk Kerkorian, Steve Wynn, and Dr. Gary Loveman--evolve from dreams to larger-than-life reality.--From publisher description.
505 0 _aPrologue : Friendly -- Bulldozed -- "Rifle right" -- Say "hair-uhs" -- 1989 -- The great race -- Blind -- Brass balls -- The outsiders -- High life -- Crushed velvet world -- Hungry alligator -- Taa-daaaah! -- Southern blues -- Implosion -- Miss Spectacular -- Chomp -- Walking on air -- Duped -- Propeller heads -- Avid -- Vice -- Picasso's penis -- Sunday night fever -- Caesars -- Return of the king -- Blind man's bluff -- Meta-Vegas -- No end -- Happy Place -- Elaine -- Time's up.
600 1 0 _aKerkorian, Kirk,
_d1917-2015.
_9351307
600 1 0 _aWynn, Steve.
_9379520
600 1 0 _aLoveman, G.
_q(Gary)
_9379521
650 0 _aGambling
_zNevada
_zLas Vegas.
_992216
650 0 _aCasinos
_zNevada
_zLas Vegas.
_9379522
650 0 _aBusinessmen
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_966887
651 0 _aLas Vegas (Nev.)
_xHistory.
_9192924
655 7 _aBiographies.
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994 _aC0
_bNFG
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