Larceny Games : Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI by Brian Tuohy...

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9781936239771
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Feral House
ISBN-10
1936239779
ISBN-13
9781936239771
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160037378

Product Key Features

Book Title
Larceny Games : Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI
Number of Pages
386 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Business Ethics, Business Aspects, Sociology of Sports, Gambling / Sports
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Games & Activities, Business & Economics
Author
Brian Tuohy
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.4830973
Table Of Content
Table of Contents Introduction The Saga of Tim Donaghy So You Want to be a Professional Sports Gambler A Good Defense Boxing International Game Fixing Baseball Basketball Football Conclusion Acknowledgements Works Cited About the Author
Synopsis
Sceptical fan' Brian Tuohy believes that the hugely profitable sports leagues have covered up the truth behind their operations. His research has shown that professional sports are not all about fair play but are in fact filled with corruption. Covering the last 20 years, Tuohy's evidence includes FBI files as definitive proof that game fixing is a huge part of sports betting.', The NFL is a $10 billion-a-year business with prominent government and corporate ties--CBS, NBC/GE, Disney/ESPN, and FOX to name a few. As the late broadcaster Howard Cosell wrote in 1985, "The NFL, you see, monitors and collects just about everything that is written about it in newspapers and magazines and said about it on radio and television. . . . Like the CIA and the FBI, the NFL has its own enemies list--and I got the distinct impression that I was at the top of it." Although sports gambling is seen as a victimless crime, 99 percent of all sports gambling in the United States is done illegally, its untold billions of dollars directly handed by the mob. It is their top money-maker, followed closely by loan sharking activities that often accompany gamblers who cannot pay their bookies in time. When games are fixed today, the money wagered on rigged contests is trafficked through these mob-backed bookmakers. Much of the information of this book is taken directly from FBI case files obtained through multiple Freedom of Information Act requests. The FBI held over four hundred files directly related to sports bribery, which is the legal term for game fixing and/or point shaving. These covered everything from horse racing to boxing to college athletic events to the NFL, NBA, and MLB (with a notable exception of the NHL). The files are quoted directly. This is Brian Tuohy 's second book on illegal game fixing., With FBI files as evidence, Larceny Games unveils the names of players, coaches, owners, and referees who fixed games.
LC Classification Number
GV718.2

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