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The Smart Money: How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions | 
 enlarge | Creator: Michael Konik
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 645852
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0743549953
Dewey Decimal Number: 795
EAN: 9780743549950
ASIN: 0743549953
Publication Date: November 14, 2006
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Product Description
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.
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 A Must Read! March 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Michael Konik provides the reader with a rare glimpse of what we all dream the world of sports betting will be like. He tells an amazing story of how he became involved in one of the most successful betting teams of all times. For any reader that has tried to overcome the 11/10 odds the bookmakers provide, this is an enjoyable story of a few men who actually did it.
For non-gamblers, this provides the details of what obstacles the casino's put in front of successful handicappers and anyone who actually wins consistantly at a casino.
Mr. Konik does not intend to provide the reader with statistical data and computer programs on how to beat these odds makers, however he does provide the reader with an accurate reflection of what life is like for those who do it. Gambling can become all-consuming, and Mr. konik had the smarts to see what direction his life was taking and change that.
An absolute must read for all those interested in Sports Handicapping, and those who don't know a thing about it!
 Enjoyable read...not enough inormation February 25, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A fun look at the world of hi stakes sports betting. I would have preferred more information on WHY their system was so successful.
The Master Gambling Author January 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Michael Konik has done it again. He has taken a subject he knows better than anyone and added his own highly readable style. The result is a fast-moving real-life adventure that feels like a good movie. I will never wager the kind of money that Konik and The Brain Trust did, but it is a great vicarious thrill to experience it through his descriptive prose. Konik is a master of gambling writing and this is his masterpiece.
 take the points October 3, 2007
an engaging look at life as part of a professional gambling syndicate. you don't get the really inside secrets of the "Brain Trust", only that they've got some kind of super computer that can beat the pointspread 57% of the time. what's really most interesting is to see the emotional wear and tear and erosion of personal life the full time gambler experiences.
A great inside look at sports betting September 13, 2007
I enjoyed this book, although I found it to be far from the highest level of writing - way too much detail on individual bets and not nearly enough great scene descriptions. And, this is a little surprising because the author is a professional writer rather than a professional or wannabe gambler. But, if you like sports and you've always been curious about how sports gambling really works for the "smart money", this is the book for you.
Konik managed to get himself in the proverbial catbird seat to work with one of the top gambling operations in sports and then used that position to produce an enlightening book about how sports books and bookies run from "smart money" and jockey their lines to try to stay ahead of the game. He then branched out to work with an old school friend in their own "smart money" computer driven gambling venture with some Hollywood celebrities. Entertaining stuff and an easy read. Give it a look if you have any interest in the topic whatsoever.
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