10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHORT ODDS»
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short odds in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
short odds and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handbook of Sports and Lottery Markets
Consequently, profit maximizing bookmakers can offer reduced odds on these
horses with little reduction in turnover. They argued that relatively high elasticity
arises for short odds horses because past form is more likely to be available and
...
Donald B. Hausch, W.T. Ziemba, 2011
2
Beat the
odds: Winning ideas for smart gamblers
Second, it's easier to win on several races if you back at short odds – butjust as
hard to make a profit on the day. Third, you might have a friend with a method that
he's not telling you about. Stop worrying about other people and find your own ...
3
Decisions: Risk and Reward
There is, therefore, less incentive to engage in each-way betting on short-priced
horses than on longer-priced horses. As such the observed combinations of short
odds/win and long odds/each-way betting may in part reflect this factor. In order ...
Johnnie E.V. Johnson, Alistair Bruce, 2008
4
Crime, Addiction and the Regulation of Gambling
in which this time period is short (short-odds games) have a higher addiction
potential than do long-odds games. When a wager can be made again directly,
one speaks of 'continuous games' for which the addiction risk is also higher.
Toine Spapens, Alan David Littler, Cyrille J. Fijnaut, 2008
5
Statistical Thinking in Sports
In a holdout sample comprising more than 800 matches from the same season,
bets at short odds are found to offer a higher average return than bets at long
odds. Similarly, exact score bets on low scores offer higher average returns than
bets ...
Jim Albert, Ruud H. Koning, 2007
6
The Collected Essays of Richard E. Quandt
In other words, the rates of return for betting horses with short odds ought to be
the same as the results of betting horses with intermediate odds and with long
odds. Because the track take, including breakage, is about 18.5 percent, however
, ...
7
The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling
The six place bets (previously described in Example 6.1.5 on p. 203) pay short
odds: 9 to 5 for 4 or 10, 7 to 5 for 5 or 9, and 7 to 6 for 6 or 8. The six buy bets pay
fair odds but are charged a 5% commission. Thus, the payoff odds are effectively
...
8
The
Odds Are Against Cycling
Both long and short odds are left out with the same hope within a few hours'
racing. Jockeys are no longer noticeable; and troubles in the beginning are
rather exalting. Within the increasing shows in the city, parties are no longer
numbered.
9
Information Efficiency in Financial and Betting Markets
The bias in very short odds is minimal but for less strong favourites the bias is
greater. It is suggested that strength of favourite may affect the degree of bias in
the odds offered on other horses. On the basis of British flat horse-race statistics
for ...
Leighton Vaughan Williams, 2005
10
Me & Phar Lap: The Remarkable Life of Tommy Woodcock
Short odds Betting term — short odds are given on a horse that is judged to have
a good chance of winning, e.g. 2/1: for $1 bet you can only win $2. Six-in-hand
Six horses harnessed to a coach and driven by the one set of hand-held reins.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHORT ODDS»
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short odds is used in the context of the following news items.
Australians at short odds to retain the Ashes urn
But the odds are it will be theirs long before then. There are no glaring weaknesses in their team heading into the series opener at Cardiff on Wednesday. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Grexit odds have shortened again
A spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “There was a hope of Greece lightening up but with the short odds on Grexit and on a default it doesn't look as though it ... «City A.M., May 15»
Betting on the second royal baby name: Favourites, odds and …
(Editor's note: All odds correct at the time of writing, but will be subject to ... William Hill, meanwhile, will take a bet on Tyrone at surprisingly short odds of 100-1. «Mashable, Mar 15»
Short odds
As we wave goodbye to 2014, with its referendum, dancing teacakes and unprecedented levels of political engagement, it's time to ask that burning question: ... «Holyrood.com, Jan 15»
Kentucky opens college basketball season as bigger favorite than …
“Kentucky's won this thing (under coach John Calipari), they went to the Final Four last year, so people are comfortable betting them, even at short odds … «SportingNews.com, Nov 14»
The New One justifies short odds in winning comeback at Kempton
Another season of top-level hurdling awaits The New One after he successfully returned to his now familiar starting point at Kempton. Not as visually impressive ... «RTE.ie, Oct 14»
Punters take a gamble on Scotland sticking within the union
Even at the short odds on offer – his first bet of £400,000 was at 1-4, meaning he would only win £1 for every £4 placed – he stands to win more than £173,000 ... «Financial Times, Sep 14»
Short odds for Blanchett Golden Globe win
Bookmakers have Blanchett at short-priced odds of 1/8 to win the dramatic actress Globe at Sunday's (Monday AEDT) star-studded award ceremony at the ... «NEWS.com.au, Jan 14»
Floyd Mayweather listed at relatively short odds for upcoming bout …
Floyd Mayweather Jr. opened as the -250 favorite at the LVH SuperBook for his Sept. 14 bout versus Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, LVH assistant manager Jeff ... «SportingNews.com, May 13»
Gambling explosion short odds for London Olympics
THE Olympics are going to be a bonanza for betting agencies as punters wager good money on athletes and possibly even sports that plenty of us are not ... «Herald Sun, Jul 12»
