1001 Great Gambling Tips
Graham Sharpe
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Graham Sharpe has recruited some of the great and good of the gambling world to divulge their favourite betting suggestions, hints, tips, and strategies. Professional punter Dave Nevison reveals many tricks of his trade; Derek McGovern, self-styled betting guru of the Daily Mirror, speaks out in his usual flamboyant style; Jeremy Chapman, acknowledged master of golf betting tees up tips to lower your golf betting handicap; Tournament-winning poker pro, Julian Thew turns over a winning hand of hints; experts from the worlds of exchanges and spread betting give invaluable insights into the game; Top Tipsters like Dave Mitchell of The Mirror, Rolf Johnston of the Express, Tony Lewis of The Star and many others regale you with fascinating tactics designed to help improve the profitability of your betting. Sharpe also tracks down the best punting pointers, delving into the darkest corners, nooks and crannies of gambling lore in the process. Whether you are into racing, dogs, sports betting, exchanges, spread betting, poker or any other type of gambling opportunity, you'll find plenty in this unique book to benefit and enhance your own style of betting.
Graham Sharpe has been involved in the betting industry for over thirty years. He was an illegal bookie while he was still at school, has been a national newspaper tipster for over a decade, penned columns for many betting ublications, and written over twenty books with a gambling theme, including the recent successful Gentleman's Guide to Calculating Winning Bets. He is also one of the best known faces and voices in the betting business through his role as Media Relations Director for William Hill.
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| isbn: 9781843440437
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price: £9.99
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| casing: Paperback
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| format: B (198 x 129mm)
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| extent: 240pp
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| rights: World
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| pub date: October 2008
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'Read This: Sound advice before you vow to give up on the gee-gees on January 1. The recommendation 'Back Pakistan to win every Karachi Test match' is probably a good starting point.' - The Times
''There are elements that could benefit any gambler, whether novices, weekend punters or full-time experts' ' - Racing Post [read the full review]
Apparently 500 Greatest Gambles wasn't enough and 1000 Racing Quotations wasn't quite sufficient either, so Graham Sharpe has stretched himself to provide us with 1001 Great Gambling Tips.
The prolific author - he also released last year's A Gentleman's Guide to Calculating Winning Bets from the High Stakes stable - has, as it says on the blurb, "recruited some of the great and good of the gambling world to divulge their favourite betting suggestions, hints, tips and strategies". As a four-page bibliography suggests, he has also plundered a number of publications for this useful compilation.
The blurb also says how "you'll find plenty in this unique book to benefit and enhance your own style of betting", and there can be no arguments here either, as there are elements that could benefit the entire spectrum of gamblers, whether novices, weekend punters or full-time experts.
The highlights include Betfair's Tony Calvin and Mark Davies on exchanges, a few pertinent points from Karim Fatih on spreads (from a series of Racing Post articles this year), Jeremy Chapman on golf, Andrew Ayres with an excellent, concise page on paddock judgment, and Phil Bull's timeless ten commandments that appeared in the Daily
Telegraph in 1970.
The thoughts of Nick Mordin and Dave Nevison are summarised neatly, a recurring theme that sums up the beauty of this book as Sharpe has put in much groundwork to produce the best bits from the experts.
Sharpe himself is responsible for a superb piece on the avoidance of premium tipping services, but there are some sections that should have been discarded completely - such as the 50 systems from the 1950s that cover a tiresome 14 pages - and the punters' log that is a mess and seems to have been done in a rush.
There are many schools of thought as to how to become the ultimate punting machine. Studying the gambling philosophy of elite betting brains can't be a bad place to start, and there are a multitude of them in this book.
Even if you take on board only one of the 1,001 tips, in the future that could well pay for the book, although bear in mind the advice of Sharpe himself on page 20: "Open as many online accounts as possible to take advantage of the best price available."
It's £6.99 on Amazon.
Racing Post
'One for the hardcore hustler.' - Zoo Magazine [read the full review]
This William Hill tipster regales us with pearls of gambling wisdom, ranging from the obvious - never gamble drunk - to the essential if you're serious about making money from the gee-gees, the dogs or at the poker table. One for the hardcore hustler.
Zoo Magazine
'Graham Sharpe's collection of insider tips and pearls of gambling wisdom will give you a super little heads-up.' - Sport Magazine [read the full review]
Whether you're into horse racing, the dogs, spread-betting, casinos or poker, Graham Sharpe's collection of insider tips and pearls of gambling wisdom will give you a super little heads-up.
Sport Magazine
