Fixed Odds Sports Betting

Author : Joseph Buchdahl
Publisher : No Exit Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843440192
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fixed Odds Sports Betting written by Joseph Buchdahl and published by No Exit Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people manage to make money from gambling, and fewer still make a living from it. Written for hardened and novice betters alike, Joseph Buchdahl's essential guide examines, through various numerical techniques, how fixed odds punters may learn to beat the bookmaker, protect profits through a sensible approach to risk management, and turn high-risk gambling into a form of low-risk investment.

Author : Plácido Rodríguez
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785364553
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Sports Betting written by Plácido Rodríguez and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book delves into a number of intriguing issues and addresses several pertinent questions including, should gambling markets be privatized? Is the ‘hot hand’ hypothesis real or a myth? Are the ‘many’ smarter than the ‘few’ in estimating betting odds? How are prices set in fixed odds betting markets? The book also explores the informational efficiency of betting markets and the prevalence of corruption and illegal betting in sports.

Author : Hamish Raw
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
ISBN 13 : 0857191268
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Binary Options written by Hamish Raw and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2011-05-20 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Binary options are the latest products to hit financial markets. From 5 minute FTSE100 bets offered by online bookmakers, longer duration FTSE100 bets traded on online betting exchanges plus binary bets offered by spreadbetting companies, all are offering the same instrument as the CBOT's binary option on the Fed Funds rate. Hitherto, the largest single marketplace for binary options has been Lloyd's of London where they are known as insurance contracts, while the sports enthusiast is unwittingly buying a binary option every time he takes a price from a sportsbook or bookmaker on this horse or that soccer team. This book takes the same fixed odds bet and illustrates how they operate in the financial marketplace."Binary Options" initially outlines regular bets and explains the rationale defining some basic winning and losing bets. A deeper analysis follows in which the author examines how the value of a bet is dependant on the passing of time, the volatility of the underlying instrument plus the price of the underlying instrument. More advanced bets are introduced with the reader then being shown when and how to profitably use binaries in various market conditions, followed by techniques in how to hedge the position entered into. The same format for regular bets is then followed when discussing one-touch bets. In this first in-depth analysis of binary options, Hamish Raw has ambitiously catered for both the end-user and the market-maker. Diagrams are to be found in abundance throughout this book in order to graphically illustrate the author's points.

Author : Joseph Buchdahl
Publisher : High Stakes
ISBN 13 : 9780857304858
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monte Carlo Or Bust written by Joseph Buchdahl and published by High Stakes. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everyone is familiar with Monte Carlo's association with gambling, and its famous Casino. Many may also have come across the Monte Carlo fallacy, so-called after the Casino's roulette wheel ball fell on black 26th times in a row, costing players, who believed that the law of averages made such streaks impossible, millions of dollars. However, the Casino also lends its name to a tool of statistical forecasting, the Monte Carlo simulation, used to model the probability of uncertain outcomes that cannot be easily predicted from mathematical equations. This book provides a detailed account for how aspiring sports bettors can use a Monte Carlo simulation to improve the quality, and hopefully profitability, of their betting, and in doing so unravels the mystery of probability and variance that lies at the heart of all gambling.

Author : Joe Buchdahl
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
ISBN 13 : 1843440687
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to find a Black Cat in a Coal Cellar written by Joe Buchdahl and published by Oldcastle Books. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we know if we can beat the bookmaker? That's easy: just look at our bank balance. But how do we know if we've not just been lucky? More specifically, how do we know that someone who says he can do it, and who is selling his 'expertise', can keep doing it again and again, through talent, skill and hard work? This book examines the techniques available to answer that question, to identify those qualities and to help the punter find value for money in an industry that appears to be largely built on trust and the influence of chance; to uncover the truth about sports tipsters and ultimately how to find the best tipsters - the 'Black Cats'.

Author : Paul Steele
Publisher : High Stakes
ISBN 13 : 9781843440178
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Profitable Football Betting written by Paul Steele and published by High Stakes. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated paperback edition with a new 03/04 season preview and fifteen system studies, this book shows where to bet and find valuable information, how to bet and how a profit can be made, plus a 2001/2002 season diary that shows how the author put his methods into operation to profitable effect.

Author : Joe Peta
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451415175
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trading Bases written by Joe Peta and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ex–Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics and beat the Vegas odds with his own betting methods. Here is the story of how Joe Peta turned fantasy baseball into a dream come true. Joe Peta turned his back on his Wall Street trading career to pursue an ingenious—and incredibly risky—dream. He would apply his risk-analysis skills to Major League Baseball, and treat the sport like the S&P 500. In Trading Bases, Peta takes us on his journey from the ballpark in San Francisco to the trading floors and baseball bars of New York and the sportsbooks of Las Vegas, telling the story of how he created a baseball “hedge fund” with an astounding 41 percent return in his first year. And he explains the unique methods he developed. Along the way, Peta provides insight into the Wall Street crisis he managed to escape: the fragility of the midnineties investment model; the disgraced former CEO of Lehman Brothers, who recruited Peta; and the high-adrenaline atmosphere where million-dollar sports-betting pools were common.

Author : Adam Kucharski
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465098592
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Perfect Bet written by Adam Kucharski and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An elegant and amusing account" of how gambling has been reshaped by the application of science and revealed the truth behind a lucky bet (Wall Street Journal). For the past 500 years, gamblers-led by mathematicians and scientists-have been trying to figure out how to pull the rug out from under Lady Luck. In The Perfect Bet, mathematician and award-winning writer Adam Kucharski tells the astonishing story of how the experts have succeeded, revolutionizing mathematics and science in the process. The house can seem unbeatable. Kucharski shows us just why it isn't. Even better, he demonstrates how the search for the perfect bet has been crucial for the scientific pursuit of a better world.

Author : Joseph Buchdahl
Publisher : High Stakes
ISBN 13 : 9780857304841
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Squares and Sharps, Suckers and Sharks written by Joseph Buchdahl and published by High Stakes. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People have been gambling, in one form or another, for as long as history itself. Why? Money, entertainment, escape and a desire to win are all traditional explanations. Arguably, however, these are secondary considerations to a higher order purpose: a craving for control. Gambling offers a means of gaining authority over the unknown, granting us a sense of control over uncertainty. Almost always that sense is illusory - gambling, including betting and investing, is essentially random - yet for many it is nonetheless profoundly rewarding. This book attempts to explore the reasons why. Along the way, it examines: The science of probability and uncertainty Why gambling is often condemned The difference between expectation and utility The irrationality of human beings Evolutionary perspectives on gambling Luck and skill Market efficiency and the wisdom of crowds Why winners take all Cheating Why the process matters more than the outcome

Author : Matthew Davidow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781096805724
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Logic Of Sports Betting written by Matthew Davidow and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do sportsbooks make their lines? Which types of bets are the best? Can you beat the house? The Logic Of Sports Betting answers all these questions and more with a dash of humor and a whole lot of real talk about how it all works. Peek behind the counter and learn how sportsbooks operate. Combine that insider knowledge with why-didn't-I-think-of-that sports betting logic, and you have the winning formula. Ed Miller is a best-selling (over 300,000 copies sold) author of books on poker and gambling. This is his first book on sports betting, but maybe his favorite book to write so far. Matthew Davidow is a sports modeler, using proprietary methods to beat major sports betting markets for over 15 years, and co-founding two leading private sports analytics firms along the way. What people are saying about The Logic Of Sports Betting "Matt and Ed are two of the smartest minds in sports betting." - Rufus Peabody, professional sports bettor "As a sportsbook employee for 30-plus years, I find it difficult to read or watch anything about sports betting. But I could not put The Logic Of Sports Betting down. It's that good." - Robert Walker, Las Vegas bookmaker