Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
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Re: Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
#2Thanks for posting - it only took about 2 minutes on the site before I clicked through and bought it on Amazon!
Re: Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
#3Thanks for posting - it only took about 2 minutes on the site before I clicked through and bought it on Amazon!
Same here. Insta-downloaded to my Kindle, and I'm reading it already.
Re: Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
#4So I haven't read it, but if it works, why is he sharing it?
I had a prof in grad school (http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/management/faculty_staff/a...) who worked out an arbitrage system for horse racing. Other than publishing a few obscure papers, he kept it to himself. Because it wouldn't actually work if he shared it to a mass market.
Just asking, before I go and read the page in depth.
Re: Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
#5So I haven't read it, but if it works, why is he sharing it? I had a prof in grad school ( http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/management/faculty_staff/a... ) who worked out an arbitrage system for horse racing. Other than publishing a few obscure papers, he kept it to himself. Because it wouldn't actually work if he shared it to a mass market. Just asking, before I go and read the page in depth.
Gee, it's almost as if some people are motivated by things besides money...
Re: Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
#6So I haven't read it, but if it works, why is he sharing it? I had a prof in grad school ( http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/management/faculty_staff/a... ) who worked out an arbitrage system for horse racing. Other than publishing a few obscure papers, he kept it to himself. Because it wouldn't actually work if he shared it to a mass market. Just asking, before I go and read the page in depth.
Gee, it's almost as if some people are motivated by things besides money...
Or he is motivated by money, but his system doesn't work, so publishing snake oil in a book, is the source of income.
Re: Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gee, it's almost as if some people are motivated by things besides money...
Or he is motivated by money, but his system doesn't work, so publishing snake oil in a book, is the source of income.
This was my suspicion. I added the disclaimer, just because I can't actually say its true without reading what's on the web page(in depth).
Re: Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
#8So I haven't read it, but if it works, why is he sharing it? I had a prof in grad school ( http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/management/faculty_staff/a... ) who worked out an arbitrage system for horse racing. Other than publishing a few obscure papers, he kept it to himself. Because it wouldn't actually work if he shared it to a mass market. Just asking, before I go and read the page in depth.
Gee, it's almost as if some people are motivated by things besides money...
If that was true, he'd have the entire book on the website, instead of excerpts.
Re: Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
#9I found this book at the local public library back in 2008.
Skiena writes about how he became a profitable jai alai bettor with some historical data. It's an interesting book if you don't know much about gambling or modeling.
Re: Calculated Bets: how a CS prof developed a winning sports gambling system
#10So I haven't read it, but if it works, why is he sharing it? I had a prof in grad school ( http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/management/faculty_staff/a... ) who worked out an arbitrage system for horse racing. Other than publishing a few obscure papers, he kept it to himself. Because it wouldn't actually work if he shared it to a mass market. Just asking, before I go and read the page in depth.
At the time of writing, the market in question--jai alai--was so small that one could not bet it professionally. The action and the number of sites where it was played dried up.