Complete Book of Sports Bettin [Paperback]

JACK MOORE (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1996

Moore draws on his extensive experience as a criminal trial attorney, handling countless gambling cases, to explain betting concepts in easy-to-grasp terms. He uses amusing and memorable anecdotes to reveal the ideas that most successful bookmakers already know.

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818405791
• ISBN-13: 978-0818405792
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,606,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good primer.....although his "Blindfold Method" is a joke, May 23, 1999

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Ben Hoffstein (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Complete Book of Sports Bettin (Paperback)

The first three quarters of the book offer a highly entertaining and educational overview of sport betting. Moore takes the reader through all of the various types of bets and thoroughly explains how the odds for different sporting events are expressed (e.g. money line, point spread, etc.) He also defines much of the lingo in sports betting and devotes an outstanding chapter to the subject of examining (and debunking) many popular misconceptions.

However, Moore's betting system (the "Blindfold Method"), which he uses the last quarter of the book to unveil, is amusing at best. His theory, which suggests that bettors can exploit "soft lines" between different bookmakers, assumes that significant variations in odds can be found regularly ("one or two games per week"). In practice, this does not occur. Most bookmakers are well aware of the Vegas line for all sporting events and manage their betting imbalances by using "lay-off" operations instead of simply changing their lines (a fact completely ignored in the book). As with all betting systems, it is worthwhile to wonder why the author is writing about them instead of using them to make untold millions. For those that do put their faith in Moore's system, the "Blindfold Method" could not be more aptly named.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Difficult strategy to apply, May 23, 2008

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Qofspades - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Book of Sports Bettin (Paperback)

The main theory behind this book is that the sports betting market will create a closing line that is generally more valid than the opening line. Moore's idea is that one could be successful betting on sports by utilizing his "Blindfold Method" in where a bettor picks off rogue numbers off of sportbooks that are slow to move their lines with the common market line. Some of the ideas are not very practical as many books offer the same line