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How to find a black cat in a coal cellar : the truth about sports tipsters / Joseph Buchdahl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchdahl, Joseph.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports betting.
- Gambling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (424 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Harpenden, Herts : High Stakes Publishing, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An investigation into gambling which provides the answers to why betting favourites can lose less money than longshots and why some bookmakers are more efficient than others and why some like winners and others do not. Joseph Buchdahl investigates the questions faced by gamblers and the techniques that are used by punters and bookies alike. He helps the punter find value for money in an industry that appears to be mostly built on trust and the influence of chance.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Some Principles of Sports Betting
- Chapter 2: Analysing a Record of Tips
- Chapter 3: Getting Value for Money
- Chapter 4: Sports Tipsters &
- their Records
- Chapter 5: The Truth about Sports Tipsters
- Chapter 6: How to find a Black Cat
- Some Final Thoughts
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-84344-070-9
- 1-84344-068-7
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