That book "The Odds" is quite interesting. However, if you read it, it's hard not to think that Boston is more lucky than skillful. He is constantly chasing losses at a whim, making choices out of the air. During the college basketball run of his described in the book it would seem that he didn't do to well, losing quite heavily and wondering about his future in the biz. Would be interested to know how he is doing now.
Ace, I would certainly agree with you that he must do things based on research. He couldn't have possibly gotten his reputation and results if he didn't. I was only refering to how the context of the book portrays him. In the book he is having a bad season and he and his buddy are constantly looking at the late games, making quick decisions, then rushing off in their cars to place wagers at the various casinos. They are chasing their losses and if I remember correctly the book actually states that in places. When reading the book I was left to wonder how someone doing the things depicted in the book could have much success at all.
Obviously there is a lot of information that would make things more clear if we were privy to it. That is the weakness of the book in my opinion. It would be a fun read if you didn't know much about sports gambling, but it lacks a lot of in depth info that would make it more interesting to people that actually do gamble.
None-the-less Boston and the other two guys portrayed in the book really did shed a lot of light on what it must have been like trying to sweat out a living betting sports in the twilight of the Vegas years, right before offshore basically took control.
Obviously there is a lot of information that would make things more clear if we were privy to it. That is the weakness of the book in my opinion. It would be a fun read if you didn't know much about sports gambling, but it lacks a lot of in depth info that would make it more interesting to people that actually do gamble.
None-the-less Boston and the other two guys portrayed in the book really did shed a lot of light on what it must have been like trying to sweat out a living betting sports in the twilight of the Vegas years, right before offshore basically took control.
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Alan does not have his own radio show that i know of. He's a guest on the stardust radio show. Go to kdwn.com. Click on stardust archives choose the date and have at it.Illini said:
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1-4-04 that is a sunday nite. he's on just about every sunday nite thru basketball season. Archived shows are very good. Hope this helps
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Sounds like a question for scott or Shrink.
Shrink or one the Mods, please find an old URL/thread that doesn't scroll on the modern server any longer & paste..it's an 2001 Rx front page article/list of 20 Largest(Not necessarily best) Bettors, so we can see the contrast and any differences.
Also there is a couple of old threads that encompasses some of this material..http://forum.therx.com/showthread.php?t=221699&page=2&pp=35&highlight=Klamian
http://forum.therx.com/showthread.php?t=196920&page=1&highlight=bAXTER
Shrink or one the Mods, please find an old URL/thread that doesn't scroll on the modern server any longer & paste..it's an 2001 Rx front page article/list of 20 Largest(Not necessarily best) Bettors, so we can see the contrast and any differences.
Also there is a couple of old threads that encompasses some of this material..http://forum.therx.com/showthread.php?t=221699&page=2&pp=35&highlight=Klamian
http://forum.therx.com/showthread.php?t=196920&page=1&highlight=bAXTER
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Will posted:
"Agreed. I would definitely add QT. Although I don't know if Shrinky-pooh is only considering American bettors...
QT is by far one of the sharpest dudes in sportsbetting that ever walked the Earth..."
QT is a degenrate gambler that bets every side and every total of every game on the board in NBA, not only that he will play 70% of the 1st Halfs as well. He has a decent opinion and has done ok, but hasnt proven to win over time like the BW and BB's of the world. Its not un common for QT to lose 15 positions on a night with just 7 games, good yes, the best hardly!
"Agreed. I would definitely add QT. Although I don't know if Shrinky-pooh is only considering American bettors...
QT is by far one of the sharpest dudes in sportsbetting that ever walked the Earth..."
QT is a degenrate gambler that bets every side and every total of every game on the board in NBA, not only that he will play 70% of the 1st Halfs as well. He has a decent opinion and has done ok, but hasnt proven to win over time like the BW and BB's of the world. Its not un common for QT to lose 15 positions on a night with just 7 games, good yes, the best hardly!
