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Gambler's Bookstore
Recommended Books, References and Resources about Sports Betting
There have been numerous books written on the subject of sports betting. The list below
includes some of the best books on the subject. Sports betting books are not only informative,
but are often highly entertaining.
We hope that you will check out the books listed below and enhance your SportsBettingAcumen.
Beat the Sports Books: An Insider's Guide to Beating the NFL, by Dan Gordon
The legendary Bob Martin, manager of Las Vegas's first casino sports book, said that the number of bettors who win betting pro football is so small that "it is
virtually the same as if noone won. "Yet the financial rewards for a long-term winner can be enormous. This book uncovers for the first time the trade secrets
of one of the few who have consistently won. In more than 20 years as a professional sports bettor, Dan Gordon has never had a losing season betting pro football.
Gordon exposes the truth about the media, sports touts, and bookmaker pitfalls that lie in wait for the beginning bettor from his insider's perspective as a
professional oddsmaker, newspaper columnist, and sports media consultant.
He provides a step-by-step guide to odds, point-spreads, and public betting patterns that create opportunities for the professional bettor. He explains how to
make your own lines using power ratings, motivational edges, and statistical indicators, and how to manage money and emotions for survival and maximum profits
over the long haul. Football betting has become a $1 billion a year business in the legal sports books of Nevada alone. With the rapid expansion of Internet and
offshore legal sports books, the interest in winning sports betting is going through unprecedented growth. According to USA Today over half of the American adult
population had a financial stake of some sort in the outcome of last year's Super Bowl. Dan Gordon teaches everything a sports fan needs to know to become a
winning pro football bettor.
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How Professional Gambler's Beat the Pro Football Point Spread: A Step-By-Step Textbook Guide, by J.R. Miller
The only book of its kind recommended to libraries as CORE READING MATERIAL by Jack Short, past president, American Library Trustee Association, past
president, Association of Connecticut Library Boards, appointed by United States Senate to plan first White House Conference on Library and Information
Services, past chair of Connecticut State Library Advisory Committee.
This is a step-by-step explanation of how full-time gamblers beat pro football pointspreads and over/under lines. Author J.R. Miller has been featured in
The NEW YORK TIMES as one of the top sports handicappers in the world. He's been selected to Las Vegas' WALL OF FAME, and named "...the best all-round
sports handicapper on the planet" by The DAILY SPREAD. Miller's 'how-to' articles first appeared in the early 1980's in such respected publications as
the original GAMBLING TIMES magazine and the original CASINO magazine featured in newspapers, magazines, newslettters, & talk shows. He currently has
ongoing columns in WINNER'S EDGE and PLAYER'S CHOICE, and edits PROFESSIONAL GAMBLER Newsletter, which is available through his website.
This book has been endorsed by such widely respected Las Vegas insiders as: Sonny Reizner, Bob McCune, Peter Ruchman, Howard Schwartz, Jack Painter,
Marty Mendelshohn, Lem Banker, Donald Currier and others.
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Investing In College Basketball, by Larry R. Seidel
Investing in College Basketball provides a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for successfully wagering on college basketball. It shows how the returns -
winnings -- from investing in college basketball can be far greater than investing in stocks and bonds. These returns can be achieved by anyone with an interest
in basketball, basic mathematical skills, and a computer with spreadsheet programs and Internet access. The power of the methodology is demonstrated by actual
investing results for the 2003-2004 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The book includes an analysis of investment outcomes for the A-10 Conference, the
working papers for assessing each team, and the analysis of each game for which an investment was made. There are extensive examples of how theory is applied
in analyzing actual games and showing how good analysis consistently pays off.
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The Zen of Gambling: The Ultimate Guide to Risking it All and Winning in Life, by Wayne Allyn Root
In The Zen of Gambling, the star of Spike TV's Wayne Allyn Root's WinningEDGE(tm) shows readers why-be it in the casino, on the playing field, or in the
boardroom-it is so vital to take risks in life. Wayne Allyn Root lives an American Dream: he makes tons of money sitting on his couch watching sports on
television. In fact, as CEO of GWIN Inc., America's only publicly traded sports handicapping firm, Root has made a lot of people a lot of money and in
this book he reveals the spiritual principles behind his consistently winning hand.
Says Wayne Allyn Root:
"Risk is what separates life's winners from losers-the survivors from the thrivers! Success all comes down to a series of gambles: your ability
to make positive choices at pivotal moments and to thrive on challenge and high levels of stress. Sending out a resume; going on a job interview; asking
that stranger on a date; the courage to pick up the phone and make a call that could change your life for the better-all of life's big decisions and
defining moments require a talent for (and a willingness to) risk".
Turning popular conceptions of the chain-smoking, overweight, "down and out" Casino denizen on their head, Root shows readers how to cultivate tranquility
in the face of the stressful, life-defining moments and to bring a Zen consciousness to taking risks. Presenting a unique Contrarian approach to gambling
that involves never following the masses and always taking the lead in life, Wayne Allyn Root shows readers how to successfully navigate the many gambles
in life.
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The Book on Bookies: An Inside Look at a Successful Sports Gambling Operation, by James Jeffries
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, parlays, exactas, teasers, exotics, sweeps money lines - everything you need to know to wager wisely . . . or
to become a bookie!
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Sharp Sports Betting, by Stanford Wong
Sharp Sports Betting is a complete lesson in betting on the NFL. For the beginner, there is instruction on the types of available wagers and how
to place them. There is also detailed instruction on how to handicap sporting events and determine what bets are worth taking using complex statistical
analyses. Although other sports are discussed, much of Wong's work focuses on the NFL.
For those unfamiliar with the workings of sports books, Sharp Sports Betting explains how to place bets, money management, calculating what you stand
to win on bets, and what types of bets are available, including separate chapters on money lines, over/under bets, props, parlays, and teasers. There
is a glossary of sports book terms in the back of the book.
Moving beyond the basics, the author lays out his highly mathematical methods of handicapping sporting events and choosing bets. Sharp Sports Betting
is a good introduction to sports betting for the novice. Its very mathematical tone and in-depth instruction on calculating probability make it useful
for the intermediate bettor, as well. The author's passion for applying statistics to sports, in the spirit of a card player, may result in some fresh
ideas for the experienced handicapper also.
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Education of a Sports Bettor, by Bob McCune
I have never met a professional-level sports bettor who has not read the first edition of Education of a Sports Bettor. Most pro gamblers can quote
passages from that first edition even years after having read it, and there can be no better testament than that to the value of this work. The
purpose of writing this review is supposed to be to sell this 2nd Edition to sports bettors, but that purpose seems entirely unnecessary and
redundant. It is as though the gods of sports betting are saying, "Of course, sports bettors will want this book. Just tell them it's available,
then get out of the way and tell them where to buy it."
If you're already a successful handicapper get ready to improve your bottom line immediately and dramatically. If you're a recreational bettor
wanting to expand your hobby this work will cut years from your learning time. Expert or beginner, you will be glad you got this book. The author
covers everything it takes to be a successful sports bettor, including sections on how to predict winners in football, basketball and baseball,
along with a thorough explanation of successful money management. Includes interviews with successful pro gamblers explaining 'how they do it'.
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Insights into Sports Betting (2nd Edition, New and Revised), by Bob McCune
This book is especially for serious sports bettors who want to take their sports handicapping ability to the next level. This work covers everything
from the fundamentals of sports betting to handicapping techniques for the most advanced professional gamblers. Topics include football, basketball,
baseball handicapping, sports services, the sportsbetting marketplace, oddsmakers, bookmakers, philosophical insights, money management, and much
more. Giant 9" x 11" 132 pages, comb-bound, illustrated, heavy-duty pages for repeated use.
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John Patrick's Sports Handicapping, by John Patrick
This book covers the proper way to handicap College and Pro Basketball, College and Pro Football and Major League Baseball. But most of all it goes
deep into the most important facet of gambling.......Money Management and Discipline. There are deep looks into betting Parlays, Round Robins and
Teasers, plus Hedges and Time Zone betting, a little known practice that reduces losses for sports bettors.
There are 114 chapters on Money Management and an additional 14 on discipline. Plus there are 18 chapters devoted strictly to setting up your Bankroll.
This book will completely change your outlook on betting sports. The theories are conservative and geared to cutting losses, Accepting Small Wins and
adhering to Loss Limits.
Will you pay attention to these suggestions??? Lets see.........
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The Unofficial Office Pool Handbook, by Steve Ney
According to a recent survey by Vault Communications, two-thirds of the workplaces in the United States have regular office pools. The Unofficial
Office Pool Handbook offers step-by-step instructions that explain the rules of various pools, from baby names and the Oscars to major sporting
events. The book featuring a variety of templates, grids and score sheets used in setting up the games. The author provides charts, star boxes,
and a wealth of historical information about scores and winning combinations as well as informative strategies that may help increase the chances
of winning.
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The Man With the $100,000 Breasts and Other Gambling Stories, by Michael Konik
A fearless gambler who got breast implants to win a $100,000 bet. A hard-core dice shooter who turned a borrowed stake of $10,000 into $17 million.
A marketing genius who developed a "900" line for selecting winners of NFL football games-and had his 4-year-old son make the picks. These are
some of the characters that populate Michael Konik's The Man With the $100,000 Breasts and Other Gambling Stories, a collection of the renowned
gambling writer's best magazine pieces.
Konik, the long-time gambling columnist for Cigar Aficionado, ushers readers into the arena of risk and reward, introducing them to the subculture
of high rollers, hustlers, professional card counters, horse handicappers, and poker champions. These stories take you to the final table of the
World Series of Poker where a $1 million prize awaits the winner, to a secret golf course reserved for the biggest gamblers in Las Vegas, and to
the inner sanctum of an international bookmaking operation.
Konik profiles America's greatest golf hustler and most accomplished blackjack cheat. He reveals the best and worst games in the casino. And he
shares some of his own hilarious attempts at achieving gambling nirvana. Entertaining and stylish, The Man With the $100,000 Breasts and Other
Gambling Stories is a literary look inside the world of gambling.
Michael Konik is the gambling columnist for Cigar Aficionado. His work has also appeared in more than 100 magazines and newspapers worldwide,
including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, GQ, Elle, Travel and Leisure, Forbes FYI, and Men's Journal. He is an
editor of Delta Air Lines Sky, where his monthly column, "Tee Time," has been honored by the Golf Writers Association of America. A resident of
Los Angeles, Konik is a regular visitor to Las Vegas and has won numerous blackjack and poker tournaments, as well as the occasional sports bet.
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The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers, and the Death of Their Las Vegas, by Chad Millman
"One wild read" (Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated) about a unique city trying to find itself--and about three gamblers who win, lose, and risk
everything during the college basketball season.
One gambler is a manic former cokehead with an Ivy League degree. The second is a college dropout trying to make a living at the only thing he
enjoyed at school--gambling. The third, one of Vegas's most respected bookmakers, is perilously close to burning out. The Odds follows the lives
of these three professional gamblers through a college basketball season in a one-of-a-kind city struggling to reconcile its lawless past with
its family-friendly makeover. With a wiseguy attitude and a faultless eye and ear for the sights and sounds of Vegas and its denizens, Chad
Millman has created a portrait that the Wall Street Journal called "fascinating... often screamingly funny." The Las Vegas Review-Journal
had just one word for the book: "Superb."
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