- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Aesculus Press Limited; New edition edition (25 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904328113
- ISBN-13: 978-1904328117
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 461,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"One Hundred Hints" is the sequel to Mark Coton's best selling book "Value Betting". In "Value Betting", the author concentrated on outlining his insights into how to beat the bookmaker; in this innovative new book, he tells us how to capitalize on those insights, as well as identifying many of the bad habits which often spoil betting. It begins with a look into the mind of the professional gambler, then proceeds to examine all stages of the betting process, from preparing selections and assessing value, to the vital matter of accurate and consistent staking. The hints are interspersed with excerpts from the author's betting diary kept during the 1993 Flat Season, and with many amusing tales from over 15 years of serious betting, notably the years he spent formulating the ground-breaking "Pricewise" column in the "Racing Post." Refreshingly honest, and written in Coton's easily-accessible style, "One Hundred Hints" is part-confession, and part-celebration of the maddening business of betting, and should be ideal reading for anybody who has ever struck a bet in anger, or intends to in future!
About the Author
Mark Coton turned down the chance to become a barrister in order to pursue what he hesitates to describe as a career in betting. Having worked for Trainers Record and Ladbrokes, he first came to prominence during his four years at the Racing Post, when he formulated and developed the highly successful Pricewise concept, as well as speaking out on behalf of punters in his Better Betting column. Mark wrote his best-selling book Value Betting after leaving the Racing Post in January 1990 and has since returned to the law by teaching part-time at the University of North London. In September 1991 he became chairman of the National Association for the Protection of Punters and has contributed to many publications both in that capacity and, after stepping down from the role, as a journalist. Mark' main form of relaxation is drinking the fine wine he purchased in bulk after Nashwan won the 2,000 Guineas and Derby in 1989.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb ideas- succinct and incisive; high quality writing,
By lyndon@fastlink.com.au (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 100 Hints for Better Betting (Paperback)
This book and its companion volume, VALUE BETTING, are unquestionably amongst the very best punters' guides. Coton's approach is directly to the racetrack and to winning. He pulls no punches,separating his "hints" into ten sections, warning punters that there is no easy way to winning but there is any number to losing! Some of the hints occupy several pages of writing and are very sophisticated- a serious reader could take weeks to carefully digest everything Coton has to tell him. This book, the sequel to the equally-superb VALUE BETTING, preaches caution, especially in staking. Everything must be carefully ordered, everything recorded, and all decisions made and then adhered to before commencement of any operations. It would be difficult to select just one of the hints to demonstrate the book's overall quality, as each one is an entity in itself and each one can stand by itself as an important idea. However, for the sake of example, Coton's dictum that one must never, ever bet at starting price, is a revolutionary concept and a hint that, on its own, will hold any racing person's attention long after the book is put down. It is hard to believe, but my information is that Mark Coton threw in the racing towel a few years after writing this book, and vowed to stop betting completely. Perhaps he felt that his theories had gone out the window, the approaches he had advocated failed, and his nerve had gone with them. That is beyond understanding from where this reviewer sits, as the ideas in Coton's books are as good as anything I have ever come across, and better than the vast majority by the proverbial country mile. Perhaps Coton is back in racing these days: one hopes so, as his writing is amongst the brightest and most intelligent anywhere.
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