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Education of a Sports Bettor

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This is a book about sports gambling. It is supposed to provide the reader with an education, equipped with which he or she can finally beat the bookmaker. In a word it is horrible. The book is poorly written and it was a real struggle to force myself through the text. The chapters are littered with bad attempts at poetry.

Although there may be one or two useful points, they are buried under a massive proliferation of obvious statements, paragraphs that lead nowhere and gushings of "Bob's Law", an example of which reads "Just when you're getting ready to call your bookie, someone always calls you".

The book is ring bound and the presentation is very shabby. Although there are few things that are blatantly incorrect, I cannot find any redeeming attributes which would lead me to recommend this book.

Bob McCune's book "Education of a Sports Bettor" contains little advice which would actually help one become a professional gambler. JR Miller, (who is a long term losing tout) sells McCunes books on his website. Much of the book consists of long ramblings which offers no help (maybe some wisdom) on handicapping.

His baseball methodology will not work in todays market.. Sabermetrics is the way to go. I would suggest reading Michael Murray's "Betting Baseball" and the basketball information is rather outdated. You'd be better off learning how to statistically rate teams rather than use the simplistic method that Bob suggests. Betting the NBA is nowhere near as easy as when they article in this book was written (in the 1980's)

I do not recommend buying this book.

I'm not one to aimlessly bash writers or post baseless negative feedback, but this book is terrible. Save your $39.95 and invest it elsewhere.

If you are a big fan of the ProfessionalGambler.com touts, buy "JR Miller's How Professional Gamblers Beat the Pro Football Pointspread." All the material that Bob McCune attempts to cover here, is covered in Miller's book in a clearer, more concise manner.

Avoid Avoid Avoid!! For an aspiring professional gambler, this book provides NO valuable new information. This is the most eloquent writing about NOTHING I have ever tried to digest. Gave up about 3/5 of the way though. Many fundamentals are outdated and not applicable to 2011 gambling and the age of Offshore Books and "The Internet" for news and information. Horrid writing style.