Sports Betting For Dummies
Sports Betting For Dummies

Author: Swain Scheps

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-06-16

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1119748623

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The sports gambling book you can bet on Sports betting combines America's national pastime (sports) with its national passion (gambling). In the U.S., more than a third of the population bets on at least one sporting event every year. With the recent lifting of the federal ban on sports gambling, states are pushing legislation to take advantage of the new potential source of revenue. The best sports betting books are data driven, statistically honest, and offer ways to take action. Sports Betting For Dummies will cover the basics, as well as delving into more nuanced topics. You’ll find all the need-to-know information on types of bets, statistics, handicapping fundamentals, and more. Betting on football, basketball, baseball, and other sports Betting on special events, such as the Superbowl or the Olympics Money management Betting on the internet With handy tips, tricks, and tools, Sports Betting For Dummies shows you how to place the right bet at the right time—to get the right payoff.

SuperBookie
SuperBookie

Author: Art Manteris

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780809244300

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The Director of Race and Sports Operations at the Las Vegas Hilton offers an insider's look at the sports gaming industry, and describes changing public attitudes towards the morality of sports wagering

The Smart Money
The Smart Money

Author: Michael Konik

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0743277139

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An inside look at the lucrative world of professional high-stakes sports betting by a journalist who lived a secret life as a key operative in the world's most successful sports gambling ring. When Konik landed an interview with Rick "Big Daddy" Matthews,

A Sure Thing?
A Sure Thing?

Author: Jeff Savage

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780822533030

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Discusses the ever-increasing gambling phenomenon of sports betting and the issues involved with it, such as societal and individual risks and benefits.

Sports Betting For Dummies
Sports Betting For Dummies

Author: Swain Scheps

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-06-30

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 1119654386

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The sports gambling book you can bet on Sports betting combines America's national pastime (sports) with its national passion (gambling). In the U.S., more than a third of the population bets on at least one sporting event every year. With the recent lifting of the federal ban on sports gambling, states are pushing legislation to take advantage of the new potential source of revenue. The best sports betting books are data driven, statistically honest, and offer ways to take action. Sports Betting For Dummies will cover the basics, as well as delving into more nuanced topics. You’ll find all the need-to-know information on types of bets, statistics, handicapping fundamentals, and more. Betting on football, basketball, baseball, and other sports Betting on special events, such as the Superbowl or the Olympics Money management Betting on the internet With handy tips, tricks, and tools, Sports Betting For Dummies shows you how to place the right bet at the right time—to get the right payoff.

Betting the Line
Betting the Line

Author: Richard O. Davies

Publisher: Ohio State University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780814208809

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A study of gambling, particularly sports gambling, and how it has thrived in American culture. According to Davies and Abram, the culture of betting results from two complementary influences in American society: risk-taking and speculation. This is the first effort by academic writers to describe and interpret the history of sports wagering in the United States. Although many books have been written about 3how to bet and win, 4 Betting the Line presents a serious history of this popular activity in Colonial and Civil War eras to today, from early betting on horse racing and baseball to the modern venues of basketball and football. By considering topics as diverse as the business of a bookie, the expansion of legalized gambling, and the increase in popularity of televised sports, the authors offer readers an insightful look into a practice that has become commonplace in American popular culture. In a mere seventy years, the number of states where gambling is legal jumped from one to forty-eight. Yet Nevada remains the only state where sports betting is legal. This book challenges many long-standing myths and stereotypes that revolve around the enterprise, arguing that sports gambling is reflective of the American free enterprise culture.

Sports Betting for Winners
Sports Betting for Winners

Author: Rob Miech

Publisher: Citadel

Published: 2019-10-29

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0806540303

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“Rob Miech has outdone himself with this poignant, behind-the-curtains revelation of a world of parlays and money-line wagers, of mob-ruled games, and characters named Lem and Lefty. The brilliant storyteller weaves insight from some of the world’s most prominent names in sports betting into a historic, entertaining, and informative journey.” —Ed Graney, six-time Nevada sportswriter of the year for the Las Vegas Review-Journal The legalization of sports wagering has increased the pot exponentially. But navigating the new systems can be tricky. If you’re a newcomer ready to bet on sports as an occasional pastime, veteran sports writer and Las Vegas insider Rob Miech delivers a vital primer on terminology, options, and procedures. If you’re already taking advantage of the sports betting world as a money-spinning career, he shares the latest approaches and all-new game-changing techniques by tapping the skills, secrets of success, and cautionary counsel of players on both sides of the counter. With behind-the-scenes stories and no-holds-barred interviews with the legendary masters of betting, Sports Betting for Winners shows how, with the right information and a sprinkling of luck, you can capitalize on the numbers behind the numbers and take the bettor’s game to the next level. “Miech gives us the skinny on a billion-dollar business. I'll lay you 9-to-5 you'll feel richer for reading Sports Betting for Winners.” —Mike Downey, award-winning sports columnist, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times “A book on sports betting for everyone—entertaining, informative, anecdote-filled.” —Steve Rushin, author of Sting-Ray Afternoons and Nights in White Castle

Superbookie
Superbookie

Author: Art Manteris

Publisher: Contemporary Books

Published: 1992-08-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780809238453

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The Director of Race and Sports Operations at the Las Vegas Hilton offers an insider's look at the sports gaming industry, and describes changing public attitudes towards the morality of sports wagering

Superbookie 2
Superbookie 2

Author: Art Manteris

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781944877026

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The dean of Las Vegas bookmakers takes readers behind the sportsbook counter for a deep look at Super Bowls, blockbuster fights, sports-betting wise guys and whales, crooked casino owners and sportsbook operators, point-shaving players and bribed referees, and the battle for the control of the industry. Manteris also ushers readers into his own living room for the inside story of how being on the hook for millions of dollars every day of the year alters one s perspective on everything from parenting and family to religion."