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Betting for a Living (Hardcover)

by Nick Mordin (Author)

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Hardcover: 350 pages
Publisher: Aesculus Press Limited; 7th Reprinted edition edition (16 Nov 1992)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1871093120
ISBN-13: 978-1871093124
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.5 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 305,899 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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In this book, Nick tells how he succeeded in taking more than £1,000 a month from bookmakers, despite betting almost exclusively on week-ends and public holidays. The book details the exact methods he used and explains the precise reasons behind every bet. Reading it, Nick says, 'won’t turn you into a professional gambler, but it will give you the knowledge to become one'. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Not only in paperback for the first time (after nine reprints in hardback), this classic work has been exhaustively revised so that all examples are from the 2002 season.

All that remains of the old are the actual journal detailing Nick’s betting performance. There is a whole new generation to appreciate this title, plus all original buyers would have every reason to purchase and see how Nick’s thinking has developed and improved over the years. Lucid, well written and compulsively contrarian it will appeal to any horse racing enthusiast. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, 15 Feb 2005

By	G REYNOLDS - See all my reviews

This review is from: Betting for a Living (Paperback)

I am currently a successful backer of horses and actually logged on to this site to put the book up for sale. Having done that I gave the book a quick scan as it is a very long time since I read it, having bought it 12 years ago. I decided to take it off the Amazon marketplacelisting because I am going to read it for a 3rd time. Also, I now realise that as I am writing my own book about horseracing, I should keep Mordin's book to ensure I don't reproduce anything he stated without giving due credit.

This book is a must buy for anyone who does not make a profit backing horses, but wants to. I bought many books on horseracing in the early nineties, but this is the book that made me look at horsracing/form study in a different light. It got me thinking about the game and the way I approached gambling both practically and psycollogically and sparked research of my own which benefits me to this day. This is the book's true value in my opinion.

None of the UK horseracing books I have read since comes close to it really. Scanning through it again, I see that much of the content still applies today.

The further reading suggested in the book should be considered. Most of it is American books, some of which you will find very useful.

I don't think one should take everything written as gospel, but rather give it serious consideration.

I didn't become a winning punter until 10 years after reading this book. I now know I had to realise the truth about myself first, before I could think about winning. Mordin's book even touches upon this aspect slightly.

Indeed, I think everything is there to varying degrees.

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5.0 out of 5 stars MUST READ!!!, 1 Oct 2003

By	A Punter (Manchester United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

'Betting for a Living' is a must read for anybody who wishes to make a profit at horseracing. After reading this I realised many major mistakes I make in studying form and betting on horses. This book does not give you any quick solutions or systems, it actually encourages much more hard work on your part. However from the information in this book you can be sure that you will be concerntrating on the right aspects of form and eliminating many elimentary mistakes that I used to make. 'Betting for a Living' has made my betting more profitable and I would reccomend it to anybody who regularly backs horses. Also I would reccomend 'Betting on flat handicaps' by John Gibby, a book which builds on many of the concepts in 'Betting for a Living'.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An Obsessed Racing Genius, 14 Aug 2004

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Like many people at or near the top of their chosen field, Nick Mordin is plainly obsessed. Thank God he is! For this obsession has led Mordin to write books which lay it on the line about racing and betting thereon.

One of the points he makes which made me laugh is how very very poor the TV "experts" are. I recall a year or so ago Julian whatsisname --Wilson--, one of the rather Establishment TV commentators of yesteryear, solemnly plugging the horse he owned, odds-on or very short odds anyway for a major race...NOWHERE! And it still happens daily. Look at the main racing channel on satellite. Of the three usual commentators, none usually gets a hit, but, Oh! how knowledgeable they are BEFORE the race (and indeed, all-wise, AFTER it, shameless people)!

For me, the statistics-led approach he favours is not easy to adopt; neither is the observant approach of seeing which horse is, e.g. frightened, angry etc in the paddock (and Mordin does insist you SEE the horses before backing). But this is a very useful book indeed for the backer who attends the course to bet.

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