New Book: Exotic Betting at the Racetrack by William T Ziemba

[Ted Craven]

Dr Ziemba gave me a draft of this book last summer to review and comment back to him on. It is an update and mixture of his classic Dr Z Beat the Racetrack and a paperback book he published titled Betting at the Racetrack. There is much scholarly analysis and presentation of the different modern exotic wagering options both horizontal and vertical, along with a lifetime of his adventures in racetrack betting and personalities.

Chapter 22 on the 2018 Pegasus Cup includes a screenshot of RDSS' analysis on that race and how Dr Z bet it. He also kindly included an acknowledgement to yours truly in the Acknowledgements for the Second Edition.

I would rate it worthy of inclusion in the library of a serious student of the game. For someone beginning to bet, I would still recommend Doc Sartin's 2 horse dutching approach, and also the Exacta betting approach outlined in the 55% Solution which is found in the Sartin Library here. Also - anything written here by Richard D (aka rdiam).

There is so much that could (and should) be written and discussed and learned about betting, that I will cut it off here and encourage further discussion elsewhere.

Here is the Table of Contents from the draft version I received Summer 2018:



Ted