The Smart Money: How the World’s Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions

A behind-the-scenes tour of high-stakes sports betting by a key insider profiles The Brain Trust, one of the world's top gambling operations, in an account that describes the author's relationship with head 'sharpie' Rick Matthews, participation in the cloak-and-dagger milieu of hidden identities and offshore banking, and navigation through the challenges of collecting from bookies. 125,000 first printing.