A hundred to one

Aged just 12, Patrick Sheedy placed his first bet for 10p and devised his first scam, marking the beginning of his life as a compulsive gambler and one of Ireland's most notorious con artists.

Nearly 40 years on, after accumulating almost 100 criminal convictions, gambling away over a million euro and serving time in some of Ireland's toughest prisons, his life is back on track and he has taken control of his addiction.

Sheedy's is a tale of compulsive gambling and one man's decades-long battle with addiction and the terrible lengths he went to feed it.

Shocking, gripping and powerfully honest, 'A Hundred to One' is the tell-all story of the author's pursuit of 'the big win' at the cost of everyone and everything around him.

It is also a hopeful reminder that recovery is possible, even from the depths of addiction.