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With an abundance of clichés and hubris, Budin, a bookmaker and offshore gambling pioneer, tells of his rise and inevitable fall in the world of international gambling. After learning from his father, a master bookmaker, Budin goes into the business himself, stumbling upon the idea to take his operation offshore-making it, technically, a quasi-legal enterprise as far as U.S. law is concerned. In a conversational style, Budin relates his decadent adventures (more…)

“STOP Losing When Placing Bets! You Need A Proven Step By Step Sports Betting System Before You Hand Over Your Hard Earned Cash!” “Discover the simple techniques and strategies to winning BIG when placing Sports Bets!” Dear fellow sports betting fan, Do you like sports betting? Perhaps you are thinking that you would like to have a good system when it comes to betting on sporting games. Betting on sports takes a certain amount of skill and knowledge. If you want to make (more…)

From Booklist

In 1997, gaming journalist Konik joined the Brain Trust, a sports-gambling operation that took in millions by beating the Vegas bookies at their own game. This fascinating inside look at the gambling biz (perfectly suited, incidentally, to fans of the recent movie Two for the Money) reveals so much information that you would swear the author was breaking some sort of Omerta-like code of silence; in fact, the parallels between organized gambling and organized crime a (more…)

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Sports fans will learn much from probability theory and statistical models as they abandon empty clichés (time to throw momentum out of the informed fan’s lexicon) and confront institutionalized injustices (such as those built into the protocols for selecting a national champion in college football and for seeding the NCAA’s basketball tournament). A rare fusion of sports enthusiasm and numerical acumen. (Booklist )Who is Wayne Winston? Maybe we should begin by telling yo (more…)

The incredible rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches true life story of acclaimed sports tout Brandon Lang, subject of the motion picture Two for the Money (Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey). Beating the Odds describes in vivid, colorful detail Lang’s rise from small time sports-phone tout to big time national exposure, his dramatic fall, and his subsequent rebirth in the internet age. Also describes the series of improbable events, while working as a golf caddie in Los Angeles, that (more…)

If you have ever wondered why the bookie always wins and you always lose, or how your bookie adjusts point spreads and in which direction, The Book on Bookies is for you. In it, you’ll find all the answers you need to come out a winner, no matter what you bet on – football, baseball, horse racing, boxing, golf or any other sport. Go behind the scenes with J.J. to see how a professional sports book is set up and run. Find out all about point spreads, straight bets, half-points, p (more…)

Given the magnitude of currency speculation and sports gambling, it is surprising that the literature contains mostly negative forecasting results. Majority opinion still holds that short term fluctuations in financial markets follow random walk. In this non-random walk through financial and sports gambling markets, parallels are drawn between modeling short term currency movements and modeling outcomes of athletic encounters. The forecasting concepts and methodologies ar (more…)

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Dan Gordon is a top handicapper with a consistent winning percentage over the years. — Spiro the Greek, Olympic Sports Book

Beat the Sports Books exposes the truth about the media, sports touts, and bookmaker pitfalls that lie in wait for the beginning bettor. It provides a step-by-step guide to odds, point-spreads, and public betting patterns that create opportunities for the professional bettor. Dan explains how to make your own lines using power ratin (more…)

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An author’s experience and level of proven success are vitally important when you’re choosing to read any type of ‘how-to’ book. In other words, does the author know what the hell he’s talking about? Bob McCune certainly passes those tests. But just as important , the all-too-rare-thing Bob McCune brings to the sports betting table is integrity. If you’re looking for 70 percent winners, “lock” bets, or get-rich-quick progressive betting schemes, you’ve come to the wr (more…)cosmetic dentist cumbria

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…He’s an astute handicapper. Whoever reads this book cannot help but benefit from Bob’s knowledge and fine writing. — Lem Banker, professional handicapper…an reveal things it would take years to figure out on your own. “Must reading,” for sure. — J.R. Miller, professional handicapper, author How Professional Gamb (more…)