Gaming the Game: The Story Behind the NBA Betting Scandal and the Gambler Who Made it Happen (Barricade Crime) Paperback – Box set, April 16, 2013

There was a lot of redundancy in this book which made it way longer than it should have been. The "story" is interesting though and it certainly makes you think about all the sports bets you've ever made or will make.

I remember seeing this story on the news. When I bought this book, I couldn't put it down. Very well written.

if you are a bettor, you should understand what you are betting against.

Good reading and a timely topic. I use it for the White Collar Crime class that I teach and the students like it.

Husband loves it. Thanks.

Fantastic book

The whole book is basically through the voice of James Battista and I feel bad for the author who had to sit and listen to this guy for so long. He rambles in the book, definitely losing the reader, and often repeats himself. Battista has a huge ego, to be expected, and loves to talk about how much harder he works than all other bookies.Very repetitive and I couldn't finish it. Too bad because Sean Patrick Griffin is a great author and I love his writing.INSIDE THE GAME BY THOMAS MARTINO MUCH BETTER.

This is an excellent, in-depth look at the Tim Donaghy scandal from the perspective of Jimmy “Baba” Battista, the professional gambler with whom the former NBA ref conspired. The author Dr. Sean Patrick Griffin does an outstanding job of letting Battista tell his story while adding enough supporting evidence and corroboration from others to give a high degree of credibility to Battista’s claims. Due to this added integrity I found it vastly superior to the other public works on the subject. In his afterword Griffin, a former cop and criminal justice professor by trade, even lays out a series of recommendations for the NBA to adopt in order to prevent further referee corruption from encroaching on the game. Definitely worth reading cover to cover.

Happy with the buy, good price & fast delivery :)