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Dink doesn't have a strong reason to hire Beth... Does he have hidden intentions?  

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Dink doesn't have a strong reason to hire Beth... Does he have hidden intentions?  

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What role does Dink play in the development of Beth? st

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What role does Dink play in the development of Beth? st

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As a narrator, Beth attempts to bring the reader into the story with very specific details. How much of this detail is truthful, and how much is created in order for us to trust her? - FM

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As a narrator, Beth attempts to bring the reader into the story with very specific details. How much of this detail is truthful, and how much is created in order for us to trust her? - FM

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If the first two chapters of Lay the Favor were made into a documentary, would we have learned anything about Beth that we haven't learned already N.G

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If the first two chapters of Lay the Favor were made into a documentary, would we have learned anything about Beth that we haven't learned already N.G

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Does Beth's experience with her father justify her going into the business? -CS

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Does Beth's experience with her father justify her going into the business? -CS

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Would Beth be in the same position if her father didn't introduce gambling to her at such a young age? 

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Would Beth be in the same position if her father didn't introduce gambling to her at such a young age? 

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Why does Amy go out of her way to get Beth an interview? MB

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Why does Amy go out of her way to get Beth an interview? MB

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Will we learn that Dinky has a darker past than the one already revealed to us?

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Will we learn that Dinky has a darker past than the one already revealed to us?

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To what extent does the desire for money/success overshadow the character/person? (only focused on that one thing in the future) -AL

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To what extent does the desire for money/success overshadow the character/person? (only focused on that one thing in the future) -AL

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Was it a good decision that Dink sold his business or could he have gone further with it? Sc

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Was it a good decision that Dink sold his business or could he have gone further with it? Sc

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What are the similarities between Dinky and Beth that allow them to have a healthy working relationship? -FM

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What are the similarities between Dinky and Beth that allow them to have a healthy working relationship? -FM

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What is the nature of Dinky's effect on people (how people gravitate to him)?

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What is the nature of Dinky's effect on people (how people gravitate to him)?

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Why does Beth go to Vegas with such a short term boyfriend?

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Why does Beth go to Vegas with such a short term boyfriend?

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How do Beth and David Friedman's ambition parallel? -CS

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How do Beth and David Friedman's ambition parallel? -CS

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If Beth's father never taught her to gamble, would she have still taken the job with Dinky? - RY

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If Beth's father never taught her to gamble, would she have still taken the job with Dinky? - RY

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How could Beth's relationship with Dinky evolve to be similar to her relationship with her father, and how could it evolve to be different?

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How could Beth's relationship with Dinky evolve to be similar to her relationship with her father, and how could it evolve to be different?

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Did Dinky pity Beth and therefore offer her a job? Or did he feel a connection because of her background? Was the recommendation so amazing that her interview was insignificant? - CK 

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Did Dinky pity Beth and therefore offer her a job? Or did he feel a connection because of her background? Was the recommendation so amazing that her interview was insignificant? - CK 

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-MB

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what are the differences in the praises that David and Dink received? 

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what are the differences in the praises that David and Dink received? 

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Do Silly Billy go into their careers due to their childhood's or is it more related to chance?

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Do Silly Billy go into their careers due to their childhood's or is it more related to chance?

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How does the Native American spirit contribute to the rest of the story? - FM

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How does the Native American spirit contribute to the rest of the story? - FM

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Why did Beth stay in Vegas if she broke up with her boyfriend? CK

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Why did Beth stay in Vegas if she broke up with her boyfriend? CK

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How does Dink put so much trust in Beth from the beginning? What kind of recommendation had so much influence?

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How does Dink put so much trust in Beth from the beginning? What kind of recommendation had so much influence?

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-CS

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What characteristics about Dink are similar to David (Silly Billy) concerning their attitude towards their jobs? - SC

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Are Dink and Silly Billy treated similarly with respect to their careers? If so, what are some of things they did to gain that stigma? 

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Are Dink and Silly Billy treated similarly with respect to their careers? If so, what are some of things they did to gain that stigma? 

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Why does Beth's father allow her to gamble at such a young age?

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Why does Beth's father allow her to gamble at such a young age?

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How could Beth's two sides( her calm, sharp gambling mind, and her rash, impulsive, moving to LV after being in a relationship for two months side) potentially collide in the future? 

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How could Beth's two sides( her calm, sharp gambling mind, and her rash, impulsive, moving to LV after being in a relationship for two months side) potentially collide in the future? 

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Can Dink be more successful if he pursued a different career? MB

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Can Dink be more successful if he pursued a different career? MB

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Is working at a casino going to change Beth's perspective about gambling?

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Is working at a casino going to change Beth's perspective about gambling?

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XB

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to what extent are Beth/Dink/David living "normal" lives? Is it normal to them? -AL 

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to what extent are Beth/Dink/David living "normal" lives? Is it normal to them? -AL 

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Why does Dink have all these rules? He seems like a trusting fellow, taking on new employees on recommendations.

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Why does Dink have all these rules? He seems like a trusting fellow, taking on new employees on recommendations.

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-MB

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Why does Beth's dad teacher her how to gamble 

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Why does Beth's dad teacher her how to gamble 

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Is the description of Dinky and Beth's childhood important to understanding the meaning of the book and where each person ends up in adulthood? SC

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Lay the Favorite contains incredibly intricate details that would be impossible to remember (i.e. Caesars Palace T-shirt, the exact magazines in Dinky's home). How much of this is true and how much of this is false? What does this say about how Beth portrays herself? KZhu

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Does Beth really let the kids free because she felt bad for them?

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Does Beth really let the kids free because she felt bad for them?

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What is the significance of the title "Lay the Favorite"? -FM

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What is the significance of the title "Lay the Favorite"? -FM

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what is the correlation between how Beth follows her father vs how David follows his father? -AL 

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what is the correlation between how Beth follows her father vs how David follows his father? -AL 

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To what extent does Beth's figurative writing move her story?

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To what extent does Beth's figurative writing move her story?

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How is the medium/lens affecting our perception of Beth and David? Do we get a more honest view from Beth or Jarecki's documentary of David?  CK

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How is the medium/lens affecting our perception of Beth and David? Do we get a more honest view from Beth or Jarecki's documentary of David?  CK

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Why is Dink portrayed as both a nerd and a brute?

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Why is Dink portrayed as both a nerd and a brute?

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Does Beth and Dink's shared struggle to keep a job before the gambling business show something about their personalities?

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Does Beth and Dink's shared struggle to keep a job before the gambling business show something about their personalities?

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Is Dinky using Beth with the expectation that she services him?

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Is Dinky using Beth with the expectation that she services him?

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How could the clash between the rash, impulsive side (moving to LV so soon into a relationship) and the sharp, calm gambling side of Beth clash

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We have a bad rabbi and a Jewish bookie, anybody else that's negatively portrayed as a Jew? -MB

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I enjoyed reading Lay the Favorite because...

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I enjoyed reading Lay the Favorite because...

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Andrew Jarecki has a motive or bias in covering David Friedman and it is...

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Andrew Jarecki has a motive or bias in covering David Friedman and it is...

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I think David Friedman - as a subject - is more interesting than Beth because...

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I think David Friedman - as a subject - is more interesting than Beth because...