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 enlarge | Authors: Wayne Allyn Root, Paul Pease
Publisher: Tarcher
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $1.00
You Save: $18.95 (95%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 537964
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1585424021
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.019
EAN: 9781585424023
ASIN: 1585424021
Publication Date: September 23, 2004
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Condition: Sticker from store that was bought out is still on cover, very minimal shelf wear.Daily shipping, large selection!!!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Made Me a Winner- Amazing! November 26, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Simple and powerful- the best book ever written about sports gambling. I've been betting (and losing) my whole life. I always thought success at sports gambling was about knowing the players and gameplans. Root's book is fasinating- he has taught me it's not about the quarterback or the offensive line or the defense. It's about public perception, public betting trends and Contrarian psychology. Suddenly I win more than I lose (for the first time in my life). Amazing! I've changed my life with a $16 purchase- that's remarkable. Many thanks to Mr. Root.
 huh again November 18, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
another of the many self congratulatory books flooding the market.....not worth the discounted selling price....even at .99 it would be too much....not more than another vehicle of
self promotion for mr root......wanna get rich? get a job.....following mr root's advice someone will indeed get rich....him... from all the suckers buying this book!
Horrible Book October 9, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought the book based on many of the reviews. I wish now that I hadn't. Although I did find a few ideas in the book about taking risks interesting, hence two stars instead of one, overall it was pretty bad. At one point I almost stopped reading, but felt compelled to finsih in the hopes that it got better.
A lot of the ideas presented are laughable. For example, ignore the advice of experts (which the author presumably qualifies as) or do the opposite. So basically, you should do nothing the author himself suggests.
I did find the authors advice on keeping fit and healthy interesting, but at the same time takes it too far into the land of junk science. I wholly expected him to begin touting about homeopathic medicine and aromatherapy.
A waste of money.
 Philsophy on gambling March 26, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Interesting philosophies on life and gambling. But he doesn't have a firm grasp of zen, good marketing though to add Zen into the title to draw people in.
Lack of attention to detail December 24, 2004
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
In terms of good information to learn as far as sports betting is concerned, this book was pretty good. It does a good job of explaining a *value* approach to sports betting. I enjoyed the book when I felt it kept true to its purpose. However, I felt the comparisons he makes between the stock market and sports gambling were downright moronic. Dont get me wrong. I picked up this book with the perspective that there are many comparisons to be made regarding sports vice stocks. However, his chapter on stocks that talks about buying low and selling high was a waste of time. What inspired me to actually write about this book was his lack of attention to detail. I swear about 10% of the book repeats itself word for word. He would start a chapter on football betting for one concept...then literally use the same exact paragraph word for word to explain the same concept when dealing with stocks. I really didnt appreciate the fact that this book was 323 pages long. Granted, its expected that authors will give longwinded explanations why you should buy into whatever theory they are pushing...that is the norm. It justifies their book...however, Ive never read a book where the author literally copied the same paragraph literally 3+ times within the same book. Ill give credit where its due...I found his thoughts on value investing interesting....however, his arrogant, I am everying Las Vegas really got old....and then to notice he didnt take the time to individualize each theory to the appropriate topic was the last straw. Bottomline, read it for the sports gambling chapters, even though it claims to be applicable to life and stocks and everything under the sun...please consider the source.
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