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When
it comes to betting sports -- especially football -- every bit of
new advice can make the difference between a winning or losing season.
So here are three new arrivals at Gambler's Book Shop that are designed
to assist handicappers in three separate areas -- money management,
record keeping and betting angles, and overall advice for the thinking,
analytical bettor.
Money Management
for the Year Round Professional Sports Handicapper by Tony Stoffo
(60 pages, paperbound, $29.95) is a 2002 rookie. Stoffo, former
race and sportsbook director of the old Desert Inn, knows how bettors
who plunge without reason and with little or no bankroll control
can self-destruct early in a season. In this work he puts betting
and bankroll into perspective based on the player's overall personality
and comfort level. Mainly, he presents 10 money management ideas
that have been proven to work. Also, he has included special sections
on how to build a bankroll; how to play parlays to an advantage;
some baseball betting ideas including an underdog system; taking
advantage of streaks in baseball; and more than 100 pro football
betting trends and 200 college trends for 2002.
Ed Meyer of
Mti Sports Forecasting, has produced his 2002 Killer Sports
NFL Annual (180 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $29.95). Four pages
are devoted to each pro team. For example, with the Arizona Cardinals,
a single page shows that there are more than 70 betting angles.
Here are a few samples: "The Cardinals are 7-0 in the over-under
proposition since the start of the 1994 season in game 2 after losing
game 1. Also: the Cardinals are 0-8 against the spread since week
15 in the 1999 season after scoring fewer than 10 points. A second
page allows you to keep records on every regular season game. The
following page examines, in summary format, regular season results
for the past three seasons, what the score was in each quarter,
game by game; the final score; what the line and total was; whether
the game went over or under and whether the team covered. A final
page shows you, for each of the last three season, in 48 categories,
how a team performed in areas like six-point teasers; against the
spread as a home dog; yards per rush attempt; yards per pass attempt;
turnovers per page; per cent of rushes. Also, there's a chart showing
how a team performed against the spread when in various winning
or losing streaks. One unique section of the book does a clear,
simple job of explaining the NFL Divisional Re-alignment schedule
for 2002 while another section offers 13 team trends that are at
least 10-0.
Jim Feist's
2002-2003 Sports Betting Guide (152 pages, magazine format,
$6.95) is chock full of ideas, theories, potential plays, but most
of all, something to give the "thinking-man" type of bettor
material to work with -- not only in football, but baseball and
basketball. There are 25 articles for football bettors; three on
college basketball (including one on betting college totals) four
on baseball; and one each on auto racing (NASCAR) and horse racing.
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