“The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told,” a rollicking yarn about his and his cohorts’ prescient yet risky futures bets on eventual 1988 Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors arrived during the global sports shutdown caused by COVID-19. So maybe readers were thirsting for a sports story from when there were actually sports. The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told is an inspiring personal narrative about a filly who broke through the male-dominated world of horseracing and inspired crowds of men and women alike, along with a trio of gamblers who embark on an unforgettable adventure that's as epic as the historic victory of Winning Colors. It's Seabiscuit meets Narcos, and the best true-life gambling story ever told.

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The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told is an inspiring personal narrative about a filly who broke through the male-dominated world of horseracing and inspired crowds of men and women alike, along with a trio of gamblers who embark on an unforgettable adventure that's as epic as the historic victory of Winning Colors. It's Seabiscuit meets Narcos, and the best true-life gambling story ever told.

In the late 1980s, a spectacular 3-year-old female racehorse named Winning Colors was being groomed for success under her famous 'Hollywood' trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, and the billionaire owner of the SAn Diego Chargers pro-football team, Eugene Klein. Meanwhile, three fun-loving gamblers, Miami Paul, Dino Mateo, and Big Bernie believed that Winning Colors could be the unlikely female winnder of the 1988 Kentucky Derby.

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When the gamblers unknowingly place their longshot bet with members of a suspected drug cartel at a racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico, they must figure out how to claim their prize - without getting killed in the process. In a heart-pounding race of their own across the U.S.-Mexico border, the trio come face-to-face with suspected killers, are arrested by the Border Patrol, and fumble their way through the riskiest best of their lives.

LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Therelease of a rollicking, true adventure yarn--The GreatestGambling Story Ever Told—coincides with a new era of sportsbetting that will change the face of gambling forever. Promptedby a May 2018 Supreme Court decisionto overturn the ban on sports betting, 42 states have now embracedlegalizing sports betting.

Hollywood has been quick tojump on the bandwagon: Five new major motion pictures havebeen released or announced: Dream Horse, featuring Academy Award®nominee Toni Colette and DamianLewis, Uncut Gems, featuring Adam Sandler, Baccarat Queen (from theproducers of Crazy Rich Asians), Dangerous Odds, featuringMargo Robbie, and 7 Days to Vegas.On March 24, 2019, Showtime releasedits new dramatic series Action, which chronicles the SupremeCourt's ruling on professional gamblers, oddsmakers and theeveryday sports bettors.

And now a new book,The Greatest Gambling StoryEver Told arrives with the inspiring story of a femaleracehorse, Winning Colors, who broke through the male-dominatedworld of horse racing to win the Kentucky Derby in 1988. It is alsothe story of three wild-and-crazy gamblers betting to winmillions—unknowingly, with the Mexican Cartel--on Winning Colors'50-to-1 shot to win the Derby, and risked their lives in theprocess.

At least 56 million people in the U.S. play fantasy sportsonline, and more than $150 billion isannually wagered legally in the U.S. 'That number is going toincrease by 500% or more now that sports gambling will be legal inthe majority of states in the next few years' predicts authorMark Paul. 'Millions of people spenda large part of their free time reading and watching sports whilegambling, poker is already huge, and I believe this is a large,budding market for books, audiobooks, and film. Sports betting isgoing to explode thanks to the Supreme Court ruling,' according toPaul.

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