Description
Major League Baseball claims it hasn't had a game fixed bygamblers since 1919. Point shaving hasn't admittedly occurred in the NBA since1954. And the NFL publicly states not one of its games has come under outside influence--ever.This league-sponsored history, however, is wrong.
When sports and gambling are mixed, they create a volatilecocktail of corruption, greed, and the very real potential for game fixing. Larceny Games provides the details andnames the names of Hall of Fame athletes who have either bet upon their ownsport or outright thrown games for the benefit of gamblers--and why the sportsleagues have covered-up these incidents.
Often seen as avictimless crime, sports gambling is more than betting $50 on your favoriteteam; it's a multi-billion dollar, illegal and mob-controlled industry. Larceny Games digs into this vastunderworld through interviews with sports gambling insiders and former FBIagents as well as detailing information from more than 400 previouslyunreleased FBI case files relating to sports bribery (the legal term for gamefixing and/or point shaving) to reveal how professional athletes and refereeshave been corrupted into fixing games in the NFL, NBA, MLB, boxing, soccer, andtennis.
ASIN: 1936239779
VSKU: BVV.1936239779.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Tuohy, Brian
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
ASIN: 1936239779
VSKU: BVV.1936239779.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Tuohy, Brian
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.