Bookmakers vs Ball Owners
Behind the Demolition of the U.S. Ban on Honorable Sports Betting and Bookmaking
“Call it an integrity fee.”
QC
November 16, 2017
QC “is uniquely suited to talk about the subject because he is an expert on gaming, a die-hard sports fan (he grew up in Cincinnati watching Rose) and a baseball historian with a particular interest in the 1919 Black Sox.”
Steve Wulf, Could the Black Sox scandal happen today? – ESPN
October 9, 2019
Who Should Read This Book?
Sports betting is everywhere. Its advertising covers every commercial break in every football, basketball, baseball, and hockey game on television. From where did this flood of sports betting come? Who released it? Why was it kept dammed up in Nevada for so long? If these questions spark your curiosity about the business of betting, this book is for you.
Soak up the knowledge
Bookmaking—the business of professionally handling bets—is pure capitalism and has been practiced in the U.S. almost as long as sport has been played professionally. This book will baptize you in the history of bookmaking. Soak up the knowledge. When you are finished, you will feel like you were there when the dam broke, and you paddled for your life to catch the wave.
About QC
QC was born and raised in Miamiville, Ohio, just a few miles from the first, first-class casino in Greater Cincinnati. His mild-mannered alter ego, Kevin P. Braig, is a trial judge in a courthouse built the year after the Cincinnati Red Stockings debuted as the first professional sports team in the United States.
Read the Foreword
Author and Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rob Miech (The Last Natural) recounts connecting with QC and his introduction to the battleground of the bookmakers and the ball owners: the right to exclude.
Back Cover
Chalk full of political cartoons, historic advertisements, and the art of Otter Be Happy Studio’s Andrew Paavola, Bookmakers vs Ball Owners is a must add to the literary collection of anyone interested in the business of betting and the incredible economic growth of commercial sports in the United States.