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Routledge international handbook of internet gambling
Williams, Robert J. (ed.); Woods, Robert T. (ed.);  … - 2012
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Commercial/business aspects -- pt. 3. Major research studies of Internet gamblers -- pt …
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Who Bets on Sports? Characteristics of Sports Bettors and the Consequences of Expanding Sports Betting Opportunities/¿Quién apuesta? Características de los apostantes deportivos y...
HUMPHREYS, BRAD R.; PEREZ, LEVI - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 30 (2012) Agosto, pp. 579-598
Currently, several proposed changes in sports betting laws are being debated in the United States and the European Union. This article examines the characteristics of sports bettors in three countries, Canada, Spain, and the United Kingdom, to determine who bets on sports in environments where...
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The effects of the clock and kickoff rule changes on actual and market-based expected scoring in NCAA football
Linna, Kenneth; Moore, Evan; Paul, Rodney J.; Weinbach, … - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 2 (2014) 2, pp. 179-192
Clock rule changes were introduced in the 2006 season with the goal of reducing the average duration of the game; these changes were reversed in 2007. In addition, in 2007 the kickoff rule was changed to create more excitement and potentially more scoring. We examine what happened to actual and...
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Do consumers gamble to convexify?
Crossley, Thomas F.; Low, Hamish; Smith, Sarah - 2011
amongst those likely to be credit constrained. This is consistent with credit constrained, risk-averse agents gambling to … convexify their budget set. -- Gambling ; Lotteries ; Consumption ; Durables …
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Systematic positive expected returns in the UK fixed odds betting market : an analysis of the Fink Tank predictions
Buraimo, Babatunde; Peel, David; Simmons, Robert - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 1 (2013) 4, pp. 168-182
We report striking evidence of semi-strong inefficiency in the UK fixed-odds football betting market using a reputable newspaper tipster which offers probabilities of match outcomes rather than simple result indicators. Betting on the Fink Tank probabilities of home wins across 10 bookmakers,...
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Does sentiment harm market efficiency? : an empirical analysis using a betting exchange setting
Merz, Oliver; Flepp, Raphael; Franck, Egon - 2019
This paper investigates whether the sentimental preferences of investors influence market efficiency. We use a betting exchange market environment to analyze the influence of sentimental bettors on market efficiency in 2,333 soccer matches played between 2006-2014 during the last three hours of...
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Making savers winners : an overview of prize-linked savings products
Kearney, Melissa Schettini; Tufano, Peter; Guryan, Jonathan - 2010
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The journal of gambling business and economics
Buckingham : Univ. of Buckingham Press - 1.2007 -
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Economically forced to work : a critical reconsideration of the lottery question
Paulsen, Roland - In: Basic income studies : BIS ; an international journal … 3 (2008) 2, pp. 1-20
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The Global Gambling Industry : Structures, Tactics, and Networks of Impact
Nikkinen, Janne (ed.); Marionneau, Virve (ed.);  … - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
The gambling industry’s corporate structure in a partially liberalised market -- State-owned gambling operation in … global competitive environment -- The establishment and strategies of gambling providers in French-speaking Africa: the case … of Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) -- Where does the gambling surplus come from? Outline of a theory of asymmetric market -- The …
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