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

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About the author

Art Manteris is considered among the preeminent experts on sports betting throughout the world. He began his four-decade career at the Fremont Hotel & Casino and infamous Stardust, and later rose to head the sportsbooks at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Hilton, and Stations Casinos, where he oversaw the company’s 18 sportsbooks. A policy contributor to several national and state gaming associations, he was inducted into the Sports Gaming Hall of Fame. Art retired in 2021. 
Matt Birkbeck is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of Deconstructing Sammy, The Quiet Don, and A Deadly Secret. He is also the executive producer of the hit Netflix film Girl in the Picture, which is based on his books A Beautiful Child and Finding Sharon. A former newspaper reporter and correspondent for People magazine, he’s also written features for Reader’s Digest, Playboy, The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Boston Magazine, among others. He lives in Pennsylvania.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Birkbeck, Matthew Birkbeck, Art Manteris
• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.01.2026
• EAN: 9780063423657
• ISBN: 978-0-06-342365-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Sports, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Industries / Entertainment, LITERATURE: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY, GAMES: Gambling / Sports, FINANCE & INVESTING: GENERAL