The Billion Dollar Bookies
Author | : Richard Shulman |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard Shulman |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Author | : Michael Konik |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2006-11-14 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0743281721 |
A riveting 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 journalist Michael Konik landed an interview with Rick "Big Daddy" Matthews, the largest bet he'd placed on a sporting event was $200. Konik, an expert blackjack and poker player, was no stranger to Vegas. But Matthews was in a different league: the man was rumored to be the world's smartest sports bettor, the mastermind behind "the Brain Trust," a shadowy group of gamblers known for their expertise in beating the Vegas line. Konik had heard the word on the street -- that Matthews was a snake, a conniver who would do anything to gain an edge. But he was also brilliant, cunning, and charming. And when he asked Konik if he'd like to "make a little money" during the football season, the writer found himself seduced . . . So began Michael Konik's wild ride as an operative of the elite Brain Trust. In The Smart Money, Konik takes readers behind the veil of secrecy shrouding the most successful sports betting operation in America, bypassing the myths and the rumors, going all the way to its innermost sanctum. He reveals how they -- and he -- got rich by beating the Vegas lines and, ultimately, the multimillion-dollar offshore betting circuit. He details the excesses and the betrayals, the horse-trading and the paranoia, that are the perks and perils of a lifestyle in which staking inordinate sums of money on the outcome of a single event -- sometimes as much as $1 million on a football game -- is a normal part of doing business.
Author | : Albert Chen |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0544911148 |
The author reveals the story of the rise of daily fantasy sports and the brilliant entrepreneurs disrupting the way fans consume sports.
Author | : Chicago sun-times |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Chicago (Ill.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Marisa Lankester |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-08 |
Genre | : Book-making (Betting) |
ISBN | : 9783906196046 |
The author recounts her experiences working in the illegal sports betting world, chronicling her love for a business partner, career as a model, and flight from the FBI.
Author | : Albert Chen |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2019-09-10 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0544911180 |
Billion Dollar Fantasy has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
Author | : William Poundstone |
Publisher | : Hill and Wang |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2010-06-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0374707081 |
In 1956, two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age, whose genius is ranked with Einstein's. The other was John L. Kelly Jr., a Texas-born, gun-toting physicist. Together they applied the science of information theory—the basis of computers and the Internet—to the problem of making as much money as possible, as fast as possible. Shannon and MIT mathematician Edward O. Thorp took the "Kelly formula" to Las Vegas. It worked. They realized that there was even more money to be made in the stock market. Thorp used the Kelly system with his phenomenally successful hedge fund, Princeton-Newport Partners. Shannon became a successful investor, too, topping even Warren Buffett's rate of return. Fortune's Formula traces how the Kelly formula sparked controversy even as it made fortunes at racetracks, casinos, and trading desks. It reveals the dark side of this alluring scheme, which is founded on exploiting an insider's edge. Shannon believed it was possible for a smart investor to beat the market—and William Poundstone's Fortune's Formula will convince you that he was right.
Author | : Nichola Garvey |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Australia |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2011-03-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 073049408X |
The high-stakes story of Australia's largest private bookmaker Alan tripp, a man some call a genius and others call a criminal, became the world's most successful private bookmaker. He was Australia's most convicted SP bookmaker and was the prime target of gaming and vice squads around the country in the 1980s. Yet he would eventually sell his businesses for hundreds of millions of dollars. this is his story. Starting-price bookies, although illegal, were long a feature of Australian life, giving punters the opportunity to have a bet away from the track. But with the rise of the tAB, police were ordered to stamp out all other off-course bookmaking in order to protect the state governments' monopoly. Alan tripp, the biggest SP bookie in Australia, was their number-one target. His punting clientele ranged from the high society of Sydney to the underbelly of Melbourne, and included Prime Minister Bob Hawke, media baron Kerry Packer, gangsters Lewis Moran and Alphonse Gangitano, and underworld figure Mick Gatto - as well as many leading trainers and jockeys of the day. tripp's life quickly became a rollercoaster of high-stakes gambling, with the dual threats of bankruptcy and prison never far behind. In a fearless and thrilling narrative, Nichola Garvey recounts the drama and intrigue of the life of Alan tripp, the billion-dollar bookie who beat the odds.
Author | : Aaron Rogan |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2021-10-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0008463891 |
The story of Paddy Power’s growth from a small chain of Irish bookies to the biggest gambling company in the world.
Author | : Allen St. John |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2010-01-12 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0767928156 |
A fascinating portrait of the National Football League, the Super Bowl, and all the position players who come together to create the biggest cultural phenomenon in American sports. Think the Super Bowl is only about two teams of titans clashing on the field? Think again. The Super Bowl is about fans, hundreds of millions of fans. It’s about money, more money than the GDP of twenty-five sovereign nations. It’s about precision, the timing of everything from the notorious commercials to the epic halftime show. And it’s about the vision and skill of designing a state-of-the-art stadium to house the great show. Here, Allen St. John reveals how America’s biggest sporting event is more than just a couple hours on a Sunday: it’s a high stakes, real-life dramatic story, with millions of participants all hoping for the same thing—the greatest game ever.