The Wizard of Odds

How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball

Charley Rosen

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English

Seven Stories
01 August 2011

Biography; Biography: general; Biography: sport; Basketball

In The Wizard of Odds, renowned and best-selling basketball writer Charley Rosen brings us for the first time the full life story of Jack Molinas, one of the greatest basketball players of his era, a man whose gambling addiction and hubris caused his ultimate demise. Drawing on numerous, previously unavailable first-person accounts, including Jack Molinas's own journal and trial transcripts, Rosen presents the true saga of a man who perhaps better than anyone around him understood the weaknesses of the system in which he lived-so much so that he convinced himself that he could manipulate that system to his advantage with total impunity, in a life's journey that took him from NBA play to the Mafia and the pornographic film industry, and to an ultimate tragic destiny.

By: Charley Rosen
Imprint: Seven Stories
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 598g
ISBN: 9781583225622
ISBN 10: 1583225625
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball

“Rosen's remarkably detailed book proves that Molinas's greatest gift was for self-destruction. . . . No Hollywood screenwriter could have drawn him more colorfully.” –Sports Illustrated “A fascinating view of the seamy side of sports gambling.” –Library Journal