Cheating the Line |
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Author:
| Atchison, Jack |
ISBN: | 978-1-4995-3785-7 |
Publication Date: | May 2014 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $11.50 |
Book Description:
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Terry Handren, Chief Financial Officer and of the ultra-posh Midas Touch, one of Las Vegas' most exclusive casinos, thinks something might be amiss in the casino's sports book. He discovers large losses that are connected to large bets made by a handful of big bettors on a few college basketball games. Defying all odds, the big bettors are right all of the time.Handren takes his suspicions to Lieutenant Rogers and Sergeant Rodriguez of the Las Vegas Police Department. Unable to...
More DescriptionTerry Handren, Chief Financial Officer and of the ultra-posh Midas Touch, one of Las Vegas' most exclusive casinos, thinks something might be amiss in the casino's sports book. He discovers large losses that are connected to large bets made by a handful of big bettors on a few college basketball games. Defying all odds, the big bettors are right all of the time.Handren takes his suspicions to Lieutenant Rogers and Sergeant Rodriguez of the Las Vegas Police Department. Unable to convince his friends in the department that his concerns are valid, Handren teams up with private investigator, Roscoe Benson, and they soon find themselves knee deep in the world of point shaving, extortion, and murder.