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REVIEWS OF "BEATING THE ODDS"
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Worst Read I have ever undertaken, <nobr>February 2, 2010</nobr>
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This review is from: Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper (Hardcover)
This book is about as boring and dry as I have ever picked up off the shelf in quite some time. Seriously, I threw it in the trash after 50 pages. The only good reviews have to be from friends of the authors, only explanation! <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
The Man Behind the Curtain, <nobr>January 3, 2010</nobr>
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This review is from: Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper (Kindle Edition)
Honest to God, if you read this book and believe that this guy is some amazing handicapper, you are as big of a fool as he is. He touts his records that are FAKE, and ended 2009 with a bankroll of -1600 dimes. For those of you unfamiliar with 'dimes', that's $100 per 'dime'. You do the math... Is that considered 'winning'?? This book is FICTION and FABRICATION at it's finest.
He is just one of a number of sports scammers that somehow made a movie, and parlayed it into a major business. God bless the US of A and the fact that there's a SUCKER born every minute. Otherwise, he'd be out of a job.
Instead of buying this book, how about you just throw $20 in the toilet, or better yet, give $20 to the charity of your choice... THAT would be a wise investment. <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">
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Waste of a good $15, <nobr>February 2, 2010</nobr>
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This review is from: Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper (Hardcover)
This is definitly one of the worst books that I've read in my life. His caddie stories sound completely fictitious which is what I am sure they are. Every story in this book seems more like a fairy tell and so made up in order to make Brandon Lang look good. If you actually do any research about his life there is more evidence that he is one of the worst sports handicappers ever then anything positive. The book would be a better read if you knew going in this guy only goal in life is to lie to people and scam them then the stories you read could be taken with a grain of salt and would come across as more on the humorous side.
If you bet sports then read this book(borrow it from someone do not purchase it!) and learn who you should FADE instead of follow! <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">
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