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<p><b>“Beth Raymer’s crackling, hilarious memoir ricochets through the gambling underworld in Las Vegas, and is peopled with all manner of lovable wack-jobs, none of whom is quite as wacky—or lovable—as Raymer herself.”—<i>Marie Claire</i></b><br> &nbsp;<br> Beth Raymer waited tables at a dive in Las Vegas until a customer sent her to see Dink, of Dink Inc., one of the town’s biggest professional sports gamblers. Dink needed a right-hand man—someone who would show up on time, who had a head for numbers, and who didn’t steal. Beth got the job.<br> <i>&nbsp;</i><br> <i>Lay the Favorite</i> is the story of Beth’s years in the high-stakes, high-anxiety world of sports betting—a period that saw the fall of the local bookie and the birth of the freewheeling, unregulated offshore sports book, and with it the elevation of sports betting in popular culture. As the business explodes, Beth rises from assistant to expert, running an offshore booking office in the Caribbean. As the men around her succumb to their vices—money, sex, drugs, gambling—Beth improbably emerges with her integrity intact, wiser, sharper, nobody’s fool. A keen and compassionate observer of the adrenaline-addicted rog

Who reads Lay the Favorite : a Story About Gamblers?

Author

Raymer, Beth

Publisher

New York: Spiegel & Grau Trade Paperbacks

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385526463

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sports, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

3.38 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14