Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003TLSLNK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 517 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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She lives in New York City. Beth Raymer has an MFA from Columbia University. In 2007 she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship.
Hailing from Ohio, Raymer eventually made her way to Las Vegas when she was 24 and found a lucrative position assisting a Queens-born, Stuyvesant High School-educated gambling operator, Dink Heimowitz. The lovable, irascible, big-bellied Dinky had shucked life as a bookmaker back in New York, having run into trouble, for professional sports gambling; he put Raymer and the other motley staff on the phones setting up bets for all kinds of sports matchups (baseball, football, horse racing, hockey) in order to find a line that gave him an edge. All rights reserved. (June)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . Dinky referred Raymer to a high-flying bookie on Long Island, Bernard Rose, who had his own offshore network. As girl Friday Raymer fetched doughnuts, placed calls, and acted as a
Great read In my personal opinion, this is a great and we'll written memoir! No jumping around and the author added more in depth thoughts and feelings. She just didn't write what was going on, she gave you more insight on herself and the people around her. Knowing just as much about the people around her as I knew about her, made me love the book more. It was a hard book to put down.. "Only so-so" according to NJ Frankie. Expected a lot more detail about the ins and outs of sports betting. Author gave some interesting insights to some of the players, but overall, I think the book was really more about her. Fairly interesting story, but if you're looking for the "how's" of the sports betting world, you won't find it here. This is about the lady, not really enough detail about what she actually did for the sports books and playersand that's what I was looking for. Overall, though I did read the whole book, it wasn't what I wanted or expected, and I would not recommend the book.. Robert R Peters said Take the points. Good book about sports betting world both in Vegas and off-shore, but lacks the details (the ins and outs)that would have given the book more depth. For instance, it was never really explained as to what exactly Beth did for the bookies i.e. did she just answer phones,did she just make runs or was she just a good looking gofer. I can't imagine anyone in Vegas or New York paying her $10 or $"Take the points" according to Robert R Peters. Good book about sports betting world both in Vegas and off-shore, but lacks the details (the ins and outs)that would have given the book more depth. For instance, it was never really explained as to what exactly Beth did for the bookies i.e. did she just answer phones,did she just make runs or was she just a good looking gofer. I can't imagine anyone in Vegas or New York paying her $10 or $20 an hour just to get donuts. In short, I think the really interesting part of the story was left out and can only hope the movie version will fill in blanks and make a more fulfilling tale. However, I . 0 an hour just to get donuts. In short, I think the really interesting part of the story was left out and can only hope the movie version will fill in blanks and make a more fulfilling tale. However, I
They lie, cheat, steal, and run, until Beth is the last man standing.Beth Raymer is a natural storyteller: funny, charming, and fully awake to the ironies around her. Raymer brings to life a world that teems with pathos and ecstasy in this wild picaresque that also tells the story of a young woman’s crazy, sexy, most unlikely coming-of-age.. One day, one of her regular customers told her about a job she thought Beth would be perfect for and sent her to see Dink, of Dink Inc. But she is also a keen and compassionate observer of the adrenaline-ad