The Book on Bookies: An Inside Look at a Successful Sports Gambling Operation

by James Jeffries, Charles Oliver (Contributor)

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!

152 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

Reviews

[Ayelet Waldman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yeah, I'm like five minutes and a stack of dissolving rice paper away from opening my own sportsbook.

[Josh Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book fascinated me! I have no desire to be a bookie or go to a bookie, but no matter for enjoying this book. It sucked me in from page one and I didn't stop.