Reverse Line Movements in NFL Gambling: Parallels to Financial Market Biases and the Imitation of Informed Bettor Strategies

Participants in the NFL gambling market can largely be divided into two distinct groups: informed bettors (“Sharps”) and uninformed bettors (“Squares”). Empirical and anecdotal evidence suggest that the dynamic between Sharp and Square bettors is very similar to that between institutional and retail...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crawford, Philip S
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2015
Subjects:
NFL
Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1007
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2079&context=cmc_theses