Looking for books on sportsbetting

snerka · #1 01-24-2005, 08:19 AM

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I was browsing the forums and even using the search function with no luck.

I was looking at the sportsbetting section on amazon.com, but it was just too much options for someone like me with no experience. What to choose .. what to choose?
Any sports goes for me, basketball, football, soccer... anything but horses. So I'm looking for books to help turn my interrest in sports into profit.

Where do I start?

Thanks in advance

PJS · #2 01-24-2005, 10:42 AM

"Getting the Best of It" by David Sklansky covers a wide range of topics.

On the front cover it advertises, mathematics of gambling, general gambling concepts, sports and horse betting, poker, blackjack, other casino games.

However, I haven't got around to reading it yet (been busy with TOP and SSHE).

Dangergirl · #3 01-24-2005, 10:55 AM

Mason gave a good review in his book review to a book called Sharp Sports Betting by Wong. He gave it a 9 and below is the link to the thread on his recommendations:

Mason's Reviews

snerka · #4 01-24-2005, 01:25 PM

Thanks both of you. I'll check them out.

More tips are still welcome, if anyone got some.

npc · #5 01-25-2005, 12:11 AM

Wong's "Sharp Sports Betting" is far and away the best overall book I've read on sports betting.

maurile · #6 01-25-2005, 02:46 PM

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Wong's "Sharp Sports Betting" is far and away the best overall book I've read on sports betting.

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I've just browsed through it at the bookstore.

It's fine if you're interested in the math-oriented issues in sports betting -- bankroll management, etc.

But there's very little sports-oriented advice, which is a lot more important. A good book has yet to be written about how, for example, to watch film of an NFL game and evaluate a team's talent and schemes to estimate how it'd match up with a particular opponent.

Even purely statistical stuff, like the relative strength of game-to-game correlation of fumbles vs. interceptions (and why that's relevant to handicapping future games) is lacking.

A book with some very good ideas in it that will be useful to NFL bettors (although it is not a book about betting at all) is The Hidden Game of Football by Carroll, Palmer & Thorn.