Sportsbetting Book (reading) giveaway

[Jeff]

We have a few copies of a new book out by Michael Konik to give away. The Title of the book is -

THE SMART MONEY - How the Worlds Best Sportsbettors Beat the bookies out of millions.

http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=511338

The book is about how the Author got hooked up with, well, the book calls him "Big Daddy Mathews" but names have been changed. Big Daddy is really Billy Walters. At any rate, the book covers a few years, starting back in 1998 when the author got hooked up with him and started moving some of his games. It's a good read and is interesting because it covers the early days of offshore betting.

At any rate, we'll give the first copy away to the first poster to go 2-0, SIDES ONLY on Saturday.

We'll do another for the NFL card........


COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday, November 18th
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11/18 Buffalo U 113 47
09:00a Wisconsin 114 38
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11/18 Western Michigan 115 44
11:00a Florida State 116 16
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11/18 South Florida 117 54
04:30p Louisville 118 17
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11/18 Connecticut 119 40
09:00a Syracuse 120 1
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11/18 Rutgers 121 6½
04:45p Cincinnati U 122 38
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11/18 Virginia Tech 123 38
04:00p Wake Forest 124 pk
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11/18 Duke 125 43
10:30a Georgia Tech 126 24½
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11/18 Illinois 127 2½
10:00a Northwestern 128 47
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11/18 Missouri 129 13
11:00a Iowa State 130 52
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11/18 Iowa 131 53½
09:00a Minnesota U 132 3
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11/18 Indiana 133 58
09:00a Purdue 134 12
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11/18 NC State 135 3½
09:00a North Carolina 136 39
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11/18 Temple 137 56
09:30a Navy 138 31½
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11/18 Tennessee U 139 7½
09:30a Vanderbilt 140 49½
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11/18 Houston U 141 16½
11:00a Memphis 142 59½
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11/18 Oklahoma State 143 69½
11:00a Texas Tech 144 6
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11/18 Central Florida 145
11:00a Tulane 146
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11/18 Army 147 54
11:30a Notre Dame 148 29
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11/18 Utah State 149 56
12:00p Boise State 150 37½
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11/18 East Carolina 151 2½
12:00p Rice 152 56½
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11/18 Oklahoma 153 20
09:00a Baylor 154 52½
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11/18 Tulsa 155 6
12:00p SMU 156 49½
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11/18 Michigan 157 40½
12:30p Ohio State 158 7
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11/18 Mississippi 159 42
05:00p LSU 160 27½
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11/18 Oregon State 161 14
12:30p Stanford 162 41½
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11/18 Auburn 163 3
12:30p Alabama 164 40
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11/18 Arizona U 165 45½
12:30p Oregon 166 14½
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11/18 New Mexico 167 52
01:00p BYU 168 26½
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11/18 San Diego State 169 40½
01:00p TCU 170 17½
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11/18 Wyoming 171 9
01:00p UNLV 172 42
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11/18 UTEP 173 55
01:30p Marshall 174 3
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11/18 Idaho 175 53
02:00p Fresno State 176 11
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11/18 Washington U 177 43
03:45p Washington State 178 8½
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11/18 Arkansas 179 14½
11:30a Mississippi St 180 44½
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11/18 Michigan State 181 45
09:00a Penn State 182 18
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11/18 Kansas State 183 51½
12:30p Kansas 184 2½
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11/18 Miami Florida 185 3
09:00a Virginia 186 37
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11/18 Maryland 187 41
09:00a Boston College 188 8
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11/18 Utah 189 1
04:30p Air Force 190 51
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11/18 UAB 191 45
05:00p So Mississippi 192 14½
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11/18 Nevada 193 17½
05:00p Louisiana Tech 194 57½
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11/18 California 195 54
05:00p USC 196 5½
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11/18 UCLA 197 52½
07:15p Arizona State 198 5½
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11/18 San Jose State 199 73½
08:00p Hawaii 200 25½
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[Jeff]

http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=511338

The Smart Money
How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions
By Michael Konik

This Edition: Hardcover
Publication Date: 11/2006
Our Price: $26.00

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A riveting inside look at the lucrative world of professional high-stakes sports betting by a journalist who lived a secret life as a key operative in the world's most successful sports gambling ring.

When journalist Michael Konik landed an interview with Rick "Big Daddy" Matthews, the largest bet he'd placed on a sporting event was $200. Konik, an expert blackjack and poker player, was no stranger to Vegas. But Matthews was in a different league: the man was rumored to be the world's smartest sports bettor, the mastermind behind "the Brain Trust," a shadowy group of gamblers known for their expertise in beating the Vegas line. Konik had heard the word on the street -- that Matthews was a snake, a conniver who would do anything to gain an edge. But he was also brilliant, cunning, and charming. And when he asked Konik if he'd like to "make a little money" during the football season, the writer found himself seduced . . .

So began Michael Konik's wild ride as an operative of the elite Brain Trust. In The Smart Money, Konik takes readers behind the veil of secrecy shrouding the most successful sports betting operation in America, bypassing the myths and the rumors, going all the way to its innermost sanctum. He reveals how they -- and he -- got rich by beating the Vegas lines and, ultimately, the multimillion-dollar offshore betting circuit. He details the excesses and the betrayals, the horse-trading and the paranoia, that are the perks and perils of a lifestyle in which staking inordinate sums of money on the outcome of a single event -- sometimes as much as $1 million on a football game -- is a normal part of doing business.

http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=511338






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Rice +2.5

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MINN -3
VANDY+71/2

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Auburn

Texas Tech

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Georgia Tech.
Arizona St.

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LSU
WYOMING

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Louisville -17
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syracuse
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11/18 South Florida +17

Hawaii & San Jose State Over 73 1/2

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123 Virginia Tech pk
199 San Jose State +25.5

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