Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219).
Contents
Sports betting as a form of investment -- What is fixed odds betting? -- Beating the bookmaker -- Rating systems for sports prediction -- Sports betting and risk management -- Risks and returns for fixed odds betting -- Staking strategy and money management -- A winning system?
Note
Print version record.
Summary
Few people manage to make money from gambling; fewer still make a living from it. Written for hardened and novice sports bettors alike, Joseph Buchdahl's Fixed Odds Sports Betting 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. Fixed Odds Sports Betting investigates: ·Markets in fixed odds sports betting ·The bookmaker's overround ·Value betting ·Ratings systems for sports predict.