Zak's Practice

Among the corn and wheat fields of Nebraska is where protagonist Zak Taylor has started a successful bookie operation. Patrick Spencer brings this imaginary story to life by following Zak and his growing practice from High School to College, where he finds love in Governor Tony Villotta's daughter. Zak's Practice interlaces Zak Taylor's life with Governor Villotta's life and the Governor's three Mafioso brothers' lives. The three brothers were sent to the heartland to run a leg of their Chicago family business, which comprises of money laundering and bookie operations.

Nebraska Attorney General Andrew Rison, a man with Governorship plans himself, gets the FBI involved into investigating Governor Villotta and his brothers. When Zak's Practice and the three Villotta brothers team up to put on a Final Four Tournament pool, the FBI and Attorney General Rison comes knocking. The Villotta brothers escape, but Zak does not.