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The Art of Bookmaking (Paperback)

by Malcolm Boyle (Author)
2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: High Stakes Publishing (23 Mar 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843440261
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843440260
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 273,653 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Why do you try and beat the bookmaker, without knowing the basics of the business? The bookmaker offers punters prices based on his/her expertise, luring you to invest in a betting scenario from your amateur viewpoint. Yes, you have an opinion and might have even researched previous results and form guides from time to time, but unless you approach betting from a professional viewpoint, you will continue to lose money to the dreaded enemy. "The Art of Bookmaking" explains how 'Turf Accountants' approach any potential betting scenario, and the (simple) mathematics that govern transactions. From a detailed look at 'percentages' through to frame betting in snooker, it shows you how to 'price up' any sporting event in the calendar. And it will show you how the Odds Compilers create prices for tournament betting (World Cup - US Open Golf Championship - Wimbledon etc), and inform you of the mistakes bookmakers have made down the years.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't do what it says , 1 Sep 2006
This was very disappointing. I thought it would show me how to price up a race or a football match. How, for example, do you decide if a horse should be 11/10 rather than 5/4. How do you price up Man U v Spurs. But you just get generalities.
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2.0 out of 5 stars An Art or a Science?, 15 Feb 2007
By Odds On (London, UK) - See all my reviews
The title says bookmaking is an art, but the back cover says it is a science... so which is it then? This was a book which promised much but didn't deliver.

Aside from the art/science confusion, it is diffuclt to work out who this book is aimed at - punters trying to get the better of the bookies, or punters who want to turn bookmaker themselves. In trying to be both, it managed neither particularly effectively. The addition of some mildly interesting anecdotes and some quite opiniated rants and ideas for new bets detracted from the bookmaking content.

What bookmaking content there is is reasonably useful, and the author does have some good experience to draw on, but it has been let down by poor editing. There are better books in this genre on the market.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't deliver on the title, 16 Nov 2007
By G. D. Kendall "BettingBloke" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Anyone thinking that the author might have something to tell about how a bookmaker arrives at his or her prices - fundamentally, how they derive probabilities for the possible outomes of a sporting event - will be disappointed. Although some of the spit-and-sawdust anecdotes are interesting, there's far too much discussion of bet markets gone bad and gone a long time ago. The author explains little and you do get the impression that that's because he has never really mastered the art and data calculations of odds compiling, for himself or anyone else.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mmm...
I read this in the hope of discovering how to price up horse races, it is titled The Art of Bookmaking after all. Read more
Published 23 months ago by P. Murphy

3.0 out of 5 stars Get a feel for book-balancing issues
A small book of bookmaking anecdotes, rather than a systhematic treatise..though I only browsed through it in Foyles,London! Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2007 by Kipling

1.0 out of 5 stars Weak and confused.
I had high hopes for this one in the lead up to its launch I even preordered it, which isnt something I do a lot. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2006 by J. Creighton

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