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    The Smart Money: How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions
    The Smart Money: How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions
    The Smart Money: How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions
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    The Smart Money: How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions

    Written by Michael Konik

    Narrated by Michael Konik

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    An inside look at the high-stakes world of professional sports betting -- by a journalist who lived a secret life as a key gambling ring operative.

    "Gamblers whisper about a legendary syndicate known as The Brain Trust because they seem to understand more about sports betting than anyone else. Though they operate in secret, everyone involved in sports gambling wants to know what The Brains are doing -- how they do what they do, and especially, what they'll do next. I'm one of the few people in the world who can tell you. Because for several years I was one of them." -- from The Smart Money

    In The Smart Money, Michael Konik takes listeners behind the veil of secrecy shrouding the most successful sports gambling operation in America, to its innermost sanctum. He reveals how they -- and he -- got rich by beating the Vegas lines and, ultimately, the multi-million-dollar offshore betting circuit. He details the perks and perils of a lifestyle in which staking inordinate sums of money on the outcome of a game -- sometimes as much as $1 million on a single event -- is a normal part of doing business.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateNov 14, 2006
    ISBN9780743564328
    Author

    Michael Konik

    "The dean of the world's gambling writers," Michael Konik is the author of six books, including the gaming classic The Man with the $100,000 Breasts. He's written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, and Sports Illustrated. On television, Konik has competed in the World Series of Poker and the World Series of Blackjack, and he appears regularly as an expert commentator on FoxSports poker broadcasts. Visit the author at www.michaelkonik.com.

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