Why do some soccer bettors lose more money than others?

R Buhagiar, D Cortis, PWS Newall - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Why do some soccer bettors lose more money than others? In an efficient prediction market,
each gambler should break-even before costs (but losing a constant amount after costs …

The impact of insider trading on forecasting in a bookmakers' horse betting market

A Schnytzer, M Lamers, V Makropoulou - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper uses a new variable, which is based on estimates of insider trading, to forecast
the outcomes of horse races. We base our analysis on the work of Schnytzer, Lamers, and …

Pricing Decisions and Insider Trading in Fixed-Odds Horse Betting Markets

A Schnytzer, V Makropoulou, M Lamers - 2013 - academic.oup.com
This chapter conceptualizes fixed-odds horse betting markets as implicit call option markets.
The decision-making process of a bookmaker is a model that sets prices under uncertainty …