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Sports betting strategy, analysis & industry takes

01 The Tout Postcard Strategy (halving & selling)

The Tout Postcard Strategy (halving & selling)

There is an old trick in gambling fraud that predates Discord, Telegram and Bitcoin (I said it. no real value). It starts up as "free picks" in your DMs, Instagram screenshots of "winning slips", and invites to private groups that claim razor-sharp...

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02 How Sportsbook Price/Line Discovery Works

How Sportsbook Price/Line Discovery Works

In the world of fixed odds wagering (see: not parimutuel wagering like horses or marketplaces like BetFair/NoVig/ProphetX), one of the more common questions I've seen is "how do books determine their opening lines and odds?" While most sportsbooks employ teams of traders and quantitative analysts, the

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