Overview

Ed Ugel takes the readers inside the captivating world of lottery winners and shows us how lotteries and gambling have become deeply inscribed in every aspect of American life, shaping our image of success and good fortune. Money for Nothing is a witty, wise, and often outrageously funny account of high expectations and easy money.

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For anyone who s ever dreamed of winning the lottery, this is a terrifying look at what really happens when someone hands you that huge cardboard check. Ugel s writing style is terrific. --Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and Busting Vegas

Ugel, a gambler since age 19, tells a sordid tale of gambling addiction, and we all have much to learn from the author's important perspective on the proliferation of gambling opportunities. Written in an informal, sometimes humorous manner, this book contains excellent information for library patrons. -- Booklist

Ugel's natural showmanship makes for entertaining reading. He does little to pretty up his misdeeds (heck, they were legal) and offers comical vignettes of his rendezvous and run-ins with prospective clients while delivering a well-deserved scathing indictment of the government-backed lottery system. --Library Journal

His tale is a colorfully written account by a self-proclaimed overweight, chain-smoking, Krispy Kreme doughnut-eating, fanatical gambler....You will lick your chops, eager to hear the sordid woes of winners gone broke from spending sprees. --USA Today A jackpot of sleaze and hilarity --The Oregonian (Portland) For anyone who's ever dreamed of winning the lottery, this is a terrifying look at what really happens when someone hands you that huge cardboard check. Ugel's writing style is terrific. --Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and Busting Vegas [A] sordid--and highly engaging--tale --Wall Street Journal A breezy, funny writer.... Maybe this eye-opening book will galvanize a movement.... By turns amusing and alarming. --Kirkus Reviews Ugel's natural showmanship makes for entertaining reading. He does little to pretty up his misdeeds (heck, they were legal) and offers comical vignettes of his rendezvous and run-ins with prospective clients while delivering a well-deserved scathing indictment of the government-backed lottery system. --Library Journal Ugel, a gambler since age 19, tells a sordid tale of gambling addiction, and we all have much to learn from the author's important perspective on the proliferation of gambling opportunities. Written in an informal, sometimes humorous manner, this book contains excellent information for library patrons.--Booklist

Author Information

Sales and marketing expert Edward Ugel, a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, spent his late twenties and early thirties working among the nation’s most infamous lottery winners and gamblers in the high-stakes lump sum industry. He has also written for The New York Times and contributed to PRI’s This American Life. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife and daughter.

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