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7264121The Bookiehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-bookie-9780063423664/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6815432/image.jpg?v=638926503654230000484484MXNHarperCollinsInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>A Legend in Bookmaking Tells the Story of an Industry and His Career</strong></p><p>More than fifty-million people in the U.S. now bet on sports, and the many apps now available have put the excitement of this world at fans fingertips. But before FanDuel and Draft King, Las Vegas was where fortunes were won and lost. For more than forty years, Art Manteris was at the center of the action.</p><p>Sports betting is in Art Manteriss blood. From his childhood in Pittsburgh, spent taking bets and collecting debts, first for his uncle Jack and then for his older brother, to his quick rise through the ranks at the biggest and most famous casinos in Las Vegas. Manteris spent his illustrious forty-year career running the largest Las Vegas sportsbooks in the Stardust, Caesars, and the Hilton. He took bets from crazed gangsters, icons of industry, Hollywood celebrities, and sports legends, as well as some of the most duplicitous and criminal figures in sports gaming history. If Billy Walters was the gambler, Art Manteris was the regulator.</p><p><em>The Bookie</em> is a lively tale from inside the sportsbook from someone who has seen the highs and lows of this fast-paced world. Full of marquee names like Donald Trump, Phil Mickelson, Don King, Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao, <em>The Bookie</em> takes readers from the 1970s when Arts job included handling wads of money stuffed in paper bags for his bosses at the mafia-run sportsbook to his role setting the legal odds for every major professional sports event in the U.S.Super Bowls, World Series, NBA Championships, Triple Crowns, Prizefights, and Stanley Cups, to the times his sharp instincts knew the fix was in, his many run-ins with the infamous Billy Walters, and the moment when his integrity was brought under scrutiny by the Vegas Gaming Control Board.</p><p>Manteriss job was to make his book big money while also keeping patrons entertained enough to keep coming back. Rife with never-before-told stories, <em>The Bookie</em> will be a primer on the art and science of sports gambling, and entertaining enough to compel any reader who loves a great story.</p>...6905106The Bookie484484https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-bookie-9780063423664/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6815432/image.jpg?v=638926503654230000InStockMXN99999PR_DIAudiolibro20269780063423664_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_<p>.</p>...(*_*)9780063423664_<p><strong>A gritty, no-holds-barred, behind the scenes look at the inner workings of the gambling industry and memoir from the legendary Las Vegas oddsmaker Art Manteris. Diving deep inside Arts four decades running the books for the biggest events in sports, <em>The</em> <em>Bookie</em> reveals the inner workings of sports betting for the more than fifty-million people in the U.S. now laying down sports bets.</strong></p><p>Sports betting is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, with more than fifty-million people in the U.S. now laying down bets in person or online. Legendary Las Vegas bookmaker Art Manteris knows better than anyone how we got here. Manteris spent his illustrious forty-year career running the largest Las Vegas sportsbooks, taking bets from crazed gangsters, icons of industry, Hollywood celebrities, and sports legends, as well as some of the most duplicitous and criminal figures in sports gaming history. If Billy Walters was the gambler, Art Manteris was the sheriff.</p><p>In the spirit of <em>Kitchen Confidential</em>, <em>The Bookie</em> is a lively, cinematic narrative of the life and career of a legendary bookmaker who has seen it all.Donald Trump, Phil Mickelson, Don King, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao: <em>The Bookie</em> takes us inside the fast paced world of high stakes sports betting, from Arts early days in the 70s when he landed in Vegas tasked with handling wads of money stuffed in paper bags for his bosses at the mafia-run sportsbook to his role of setting the legal odds for every major professional sports event in the U.S.Super Bowls, World Series, NBA Championships, Triple Crowns, Prizefights, and Stanley Cups.</p><p>Manteris job was to make his book big money while also keeping patrons entertained enough to keep coming back. He also had to protect the book from illegal threats and fixes, and more than a few times in his career Manteris thwarted this activity. His battles with Billy Walters were legendary but here he reveals the many times the fix was in and he snuffed it out.</p><p>Manteris pulls back the curtain to reveal the secrets of sports gambling, how it works, who wins and who loses, and why. Along the way, he offers insider tips and tricks that will be catnip for gamblers and those casually interested in getting in the game. Rife with never-before-told stories, <em>The Bookie</em> will be a primer on the art and science of sports gambling that will help create winning strategies while offering caution as we navigate this new wild west that is legal sports gambling.</p>...(*_*)9780063423664_<p><strong>A Legend in Bookmaking Tells the Story of an Industry and His Career</strong></p><p>More than fifty-million people in the U.S. now bet on sports, and the many apps now available have put the excitement of this world at fans fingertips. But before FanDuel and Draft King, Las Vegas was where fortunes were won and lost. For more than forty years, Art Manteris was at the center of the action.</p><p>Sports betting is in Art Manteriss blood. From his childhood in Pittsburgh, spent taking bets and collecting debts, first for his uncle Jack and then for his older brother, to his quick rise through the ranks at the biggest and most famous casinos in Las Vegas. Manteris spent his illustrious forty-year career running the largest Las Vegas sportsbooks in the Stardust, Caesars, and the Hilton. He took bets from crazed gangsters, icons of industry, Hollywood celebrities, and sports legends, as well as some of the most duplicitous and criminal figures in sports gaming history. If Billy Walters was the gambler, Art Manteris was the regulator.</p><p><em>The Bookie</em> is a lively tale from inside the sportsbook from someone who has seen the highs and lows of this fast-paced world. Full of marquee names like Donald Trump, Phil Mickelson, Don King, Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao, <em>The Bookie</em> takes readers from the 1970s when Arts job included handling wads of money stuffed in paper bags for his bosses at the mafia-run sportsbook to his role setting the legal odds for every major professional sports event in the U.S.Super Bowls, World Series, NBA Championships, Triple Crowns, Prizefights, and Stanley Cups, to the times his sharp instincts knew the fix was in, his many run-ins with the infamous Billy Walters, and the moment when his integrity was brought under scrutiny by the Vegas Gaming Control Board.</p><p>Manteriss job was to make his book big money while also keeping patrons entertained enough to keep coming back. Rife with never-before-told stories, <em>The Bookie</em> will be a primer on the art and science of sports gambling, and entertaining enough to compel any reader who loves a great story.</p>...9780063423664_HarperCollinsaudiolibro_9780063423664_9780063423664Art ManterisInglésMéxico2026-01-13T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2026-01-13T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins