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The Benefits of Moving from Excel to R
Previously I wrote about the changing nature of the sports trading industry and how members must develop their skillsets to keep pace (The Evolution of Sports Trading within European Bookmakers). One...
View ArticleQuantifying The Challenge
Having worked in and around the sports data industry for virtually my whole working life, I have found myself having more conversations than ever recently about data collection and the subsequent use...
View ArticleA Trading Evolution; From Football Into Horse Racing
I have worked as a recruiter, agent, broker and publisher within sports trading for approximately six years. During this time, I have worked with large and small syndicates across Europe, Asia and...
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The Road to Rio
Logistical factors are notoriously difficult to quantify when it comes to modelling in football. Distance alone is tough to find conclusions from as the various methods of transport alone can make away...
View ArticleWhat can Sports Betting Learn from Finance?
Sports betting and finance share many common characteristics but for various reasons, such as regulation, the industries have developed different strengths. The area that sits closest to sports betting...
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Optimal bets for dog and horse races
Given a set of probabilities for the runners in a multi-player competition, how much should you bet on each runner to maximise your expected profits? The standard reference paper for this topic was...
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The Logit Function and its Applications in Sports Modelling
I’ve worked in sports modelling for the last 9 months, and there is one mathematical entity that has cropped up over and over again; the so called ‘logit’ function. The logit function takes a...
View ArticleGolf Trading
The last decade has seen a large increase in trading across a variety of sports. Trading on golf has become a popular and lucrative field in the industry. As in most sports, there are many different...
View ArticleRebates for Quantitative Traders in Parimutuel Horse Racing Markets
Horse racing is said to be ‘The Sport of Kings’. It may have been at one time, but today, it’s a much broader sport, attracting billions of dollars globally in wagering and trading. For savvy...
View ArticleDo steamers provide an edge? Analysis from the English 1X2 football betting...
In a fluid betting market, odds will change in response to the weight of money on the different possible outcomes for that market. If one outcome sees more interest than another, its price will...
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