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Betting To Win: A Professional Guide To Profitable Betting [Kindle Edition]

Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams
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  Based on an array of published and hitherto unpublished evidence, the author pinpoints techniques that will aid the bettor in formulating a successful and consistent betting strategy. The whole is presented in an informative but entertaining way, which should appeal to all those interested in betting as a hobby or as a way of earning a second income. Betting to Win covers: * The various forums that are available to UK residents for betting on the myriad of sports events, financial and specialist markets that are currently available. * Covers the wide variety of fixed-odds markets across the world, but also spread betting, pari-mutuel and Tote betting, and focuses also on the recent explosion of interest in person-to-person betting exchanges. It also identifies other novel betting mediums. * The latest academic and professional research on the operation and analysis of horseracing, greyhound racing, football betting and numerous other sports betting markets is collated, summarized and made accessible in a non-technical form. * Explores betting opportunities in less traditional markets. Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams is Professor of Economics and Finance, Director of the Betting Research Unit, and Head of Economics Research at the Nottingham Trent University. He has published extensively in the area of betting research, including forthcoming titles from CUP and Routledge. He has also acted in a consultative capacity to a wide range of commercial, government and regulatory bodies

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 419 KB
  • Print Length: 256 pages
  • Publisher: High Stakes (20 Mar 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004INHC9M
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #193,792 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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63 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was not impressed with this book. I already know quite a bit about betting and as "A professional guide to profitable betting", I expected the book to include a fair amount of detail about strategies for successful betting. Instead, what you get is a succession of very short chapters (most are just 2-3 pages) about different aspects of betting. These do not contain enough detail to be of real use to the serious punter.

I would say that the book is more suited to beginners and, even then, I would not particularly recommend it. The book tries to cover most of the bases, e.g. fixed odds, spread betting, backing versus laying on exchanges etc. but, if you want to learn more about betting seriously, then I think that you would be better off buying several separate books about particular aspects of betting. For example, if you want to know about profitable football betting strategies, then I would recommend books such as Successful Football Betting by Geoff Harvey or Profitable Football Betting by Paul Steele. If you want to know more about the practicalities of serious betting (e.g. risk management, staking strategies etc.) then Joe Buchdahl's book on Fixed Odds Sports Betting is an excellent tool. There are several books on spread betting such as Sports Spread Betting by Dan Townend or Spread Betting - a Football Fan's Guide by Brett Arends that cover the subject in a much more useful and informative way than this book.

The book isn't useless but, overall, I think that your money is better spent elsewhere.

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6 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Great read 14 Mar 2005
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Format:Paperback
This is a great read. Fun and insightful, and written by someone who obviously loves what he does and does what he loves.

Short-listed for the William Hill/Inside Edge Gambling Book of the Year, 2005, which is no less than it deserves.

Buy it.

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5 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A winner 10 Nov 2004
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This book is that rare combination - both informative and entertaining.

It is also unsual for a betting book in that it is written by an acknowledged international expert - a man who has mastered the theory and put it into practice.

This is a genuine winner.

Well done, Prof!

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