جزییات کتاب
Long banned in the United States, the Federal government told New Hampshire in 1963 it couldn't start a lottery - not without breaking a score of laws and courting infiltration by racketeers. Led by a motley group of characters - including a governor betting his political career and a celebrated FBI agent - they pushed ahead anyway. That set the first state-operated lottery on a collision course with the Feds, the media, and the church.The New Hampshire Sweepstakes wasn't a scratch ticket or a numbers draw; it was one glorious horse race. Thousands flocked to the state to buy tickets. Some were arrested...American Sweepstakes tells the forgotten tale of how this small state fought all-comers, ushering in the modern lottery age and creating the American daydream
درباره نویسنده
کوین اندرو لینچ (به انگلیسی: Kevin Andrew Lynch)، (زاده ۱۹۱۸ شیکاگو، ایلینوی - درگذشته ۱۹۸۴ مارتا وینیارد، ماساچوست)، یک شهرساز و نویسنده آمریکایی بود.