The Book Company: New Products - Gambling

Casino Confidential (A Pit Boss's Guide to Beating the House)

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 21:48:42 +0000

In Casino Confidential, a veteran pit boss and dealer (who must remain anonymous) takes readers behind the scenes to show where casinos are most vulnerable—and which bets are simply a waste of money.

Through chapters on blackjack, T..

Price: $15.95

The Bookie (How I Bet It All on Sports Gambling and Watched an Industry Explode)

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:11:26 +0000

A Legend in Bookmaking Tells the Story of an Industry and His Career

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 w..

Price: $20.00

Flogging a Live Horse (An Open Letter to Horseracing Authorities on the Scientific and Legal Case Against Whipping)

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:00:31 +0000

Have you ever bet on a horse race? Each bet helps sustain an industry that, under its own rules, legally delivers millions of whip strikes to horses every year. Horse racing is a multibillion-dollar global industry, but at its heart should be the welfare of the animals who race. Written as an open..

Price: $65.00

Flogging a Live Horse (An Open Letter to Horseracing Authorities on the Scientific and Legal Case Against Whipping)

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:00:24 +0000

Horse racing is a multibillion-dollar global industry, but at its heart should be the welfare of the animals who race. Synthesising the data collected over the past 15 years on whip use in racing, and on the use of nosebands, tongue-ties and bits in other horse sports, this book addresses the lega..

Price: $33.50

Understanding and Addressing Gambling-related Harms (A Practical Guide for Primary Care and Charitable Sector Professionals)

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:46:53 +0000

Gambling-related harm remains largely invisible in clinical settings, often presenting as insomnia, anxiety, depression, or relationship breakdown without the underlying cause being identified. This practical, evidence-based guide equips GPs and the wider primary care team to identify and manag..

Price: $280.00

Live Sports Betting: The Smart Gambler's Guide

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:32:47 +0000

As the action unfolds, live sports betting creates opportunities for the informed gambler. The challenge is learning how to spot value — and knowing when to act.

Live Sports Betting: The Smart Gambler’s Guide explains how to assess those opportunities, make better betting decisions ..

Price: $19.95

Mathematics of The Big Four Casino Table Games (Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette)

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:42:03 +0000

This book takes an in-depth look at the 4 biggest table games in casinos: blackjack, baccarat, craps, and roulette. It guides readers through the mathematical principles that underpin these games and provides insights that will be of huge interest to gamblers, casino managers, and students of m..

Price: $140.99

Cycling (A Sociology of Vélomobility)

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:44:17 +0000

This book contributes to the growing field of cycling studies, applying social practice theory to the embodied process of cycling. It explores the variety of cycling practices and spaces, through empirical study and theory, looking at changes over time, as well as social difference and location..

Price: $233.99

Blackjack Mathematics for Non-Mathematicians

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:48:12 +0000

The emphasis is on the mathematics that underlies the game; the intention of is to present the math at a level that is accessible to the educated citizen, one who can handle some algebraic manipulations (perhaps with reminders) but need not know any calculus or advanced statistics.

Price: $189.99

The Relevance Edge (A New Science of Sports Prediction)

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:53:04 +0000

A transparent prediction method that goes beyond regression and machine learning in sports

In The Relevance Edge: A New Science of Sports Prediction, Mark P. Kritzman, MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer and founding partner of Cambridge Sports Analytics, together with data analytics..

Price: $30.00