John McCririck's World of Betting: Double Carpet and All That by John McCririck
Between those ancient adversaries, the punter and the bookmaker, stand vast fortunes won and lost, trainers, owners and tipsters. In this book the author reveals the secrets of the betting world - the systems, the personalities, coups and disasters which make gambling such a frenetic business, in horseracing and elsewhere. This book provides inside information on off-course betting, credit betting, ante-post betting and tote watching.