It takes the average reader 8 hours and 20 minutes to read Diary of a Football Handicapper by Robert L. Carneiro
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This journal captures the day-by-day, week-by-week excitement of a fall season spent challenging the sports books of. Reno as the author tries to beat the point spread betting college football. While basically the story of one man, armed with a system, going head to head against the oddsmaker, it is also an ethnography of the sports books of Nevada. The author, a professional anthropologist, presents the mo detailed account ever written of just how sports books operate. How is the point spread made? By whom? How does it change, game by game, in response to the money bet? All this and more is revealed. .. . . . But beyond that here is a very human story of an avid football fan, indulging his passion and his hobby, trying doggedly to outsmart the oddsmaker. Moreover; the book catches the flavor of the gambling scene in Reno, as well as reflecting the color and pageantry of college football.
Diary of a Football Handicapper by Robert L. Carneiro is 500 pages long, and a total of 125,000 words.
This makes it 169% the length of the average book. It also has 153% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 23 minutes to read Diary of a Football Handicapper aloud.
Diary of a Football Handicapper is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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