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Baseball : a poor substitute for football ; more evidence of sports gambling as consumption

Paul, Rodney J.; Weinbach, Andrew P. - In: Journal of sports economics 14 (2013) 2, pp. 115-132

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An Analysis of the Last Hour of Betting in the NFL

Paul, Rodney J.; Weinbach, Andrew P. - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 6 (2011) 4, pp. 307-316

The last hour of betting for the wagering market in the National Football League (NFL) was examined. In a sample of offshore sportsbooks, nearly a quarter of all bets on NFL games occured in the last hour before kickoff. Bets were shown not to be balanced between each side of the betting...

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Investigating Allegations of Pointshaving in NCAA Basketball Using Actual Sportsbook Betting Percentages

Paul, Rodney J.; Weinbach, Andrew P. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 12 (2011) 4, pp. 432-447

Detailed gambling market data are used to investigate allegations of pointshaving in college basketball by Wolfers …

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Bettor Misperceptions in the NBA

Paul, Rodney J.; Weinbach, Andrew P. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 6 (2005) 4, pp. 390-400

Systematic bettor misperceptions are found in the NBA point spread gambling market for the seasons of 1995-1996 to 2001 …

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Line Movements and Market Timing in the Baseball Gambling Market

Paul, Rodney J.; Weinbach, Andrew P. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 9 (2008) 4, pp. 371-386

This article analyzes betting strategies based on line movements in Major League Baseball and tests for possible evidence of informed bettors. Overall line movements from open to close, first movements, and last movements are studied for the 2003 season for a Las Vegas sportsbook and for the...

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Sentiment and stock returns : anticipating a major sporting event

Payne, Brian C.; Trešl, Jiří; Friesen, Geoffrey C. - In: Journal of sports economics 19 (2018) 6, pp. 843-872

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Baseball

Paul, Rodney J.; Weinbach, Andrew P. - In: Journal of Sports Economics 14 (2013) 2, pp. 115-132

Due to the use of sports wagering market data as a laboratory to test the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, sports bettors … market efficiency, the notion of the sports bettor as investor should be in doubt. Using betting volume data from online …

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