Sports Betting Research Ideas? (Attn: Fishead and Ganch!)

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  • mathdotcom
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    • 03-24-08
    • 11689

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    Sports Betting Research Ideas? (Attn: Fishead and Ganch!)
    I have to write a graduate-level research paper regarding some topic in sports betting markets. Typical research papers usually test whether the lines are efficient predictors of results. So far the answer is yes. Some have said no, but their results are either not statistically significant or poorly set up in some way.

    Are there any questions that some of you would like to know more about, even if you think you know the answer? For example, regarding the above, we all could have guessed that any bet on a football spread is a 50/50 bet on average. Yet there have been 100s of papers written to test this.

    Unfortunately this post is not a joke. Otherwise I would write the paper on what the diet of a gambling champion is. (The answer, of course, is cole cuts, oriole cookies, and soda pop).
  • Ganchrow
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    • 08-28-05
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    #2
    What department?
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    • mathdotcom
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      • 03-24-08
      • 11689

      #3
      Econ
      Doesn't have to necessarily involve econometrics.
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      • Ganchrow
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        • 08-28-05
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        #4
        Originally posted by mathdotcom
        Econ
        Doesn't have to necessarily involve econometrics.
        Try modeling slippage in the exchange markets.
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        • mathdotcom
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          • 03-24-08
          • 11689

          #5
          Thanks for the idea, Ganch. Let me know if you come up with anymore!
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