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Sports betting is insanely difficult. Why do so many people do it?

Mar 03, 2026

NBA

Sports betting is insanely difficult. Why do so many people do it?

I''m no Ace Rothstein obviously, but when you try to use data to determine NBA outcomes, you realize that there aren't many easy edges to be had.

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Aug 04, 2025

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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