Tag Archives: soccer

Bryan Caplan on kids and parenting — [VIDEO]

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

His presentation at Kauffman was great.

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Italian soccer story shows why over-focusing on betting is the wrong way to address potential corruption in sport. — [LINK]

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ex-BetFair Mark Davies.

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Ex-BetFair Mark Davies does not wear a tie anymore. – [VIDEO]

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ethics in sports: Mark Davies – ‘Good Governance in Sport’ from European Journalism Centre on Vimeo. orts

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Soccer match fixing in Turkey – [AUDIO]

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ex-BetFair Mark Davies‘s opinion is 4 minutes into the sound file.

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What’s wrong with soccer betting

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

I have been browsing thru the excellent Smarkets prediction markets on soccer (a.k.a. association football). You have 3 possibilities for betting: – the home team wins; – the home team loses; – there is a draw. The soccer rules (which … Continue reading →

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How to represent soccer bets visually

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair has its own answer… Take a quick look.

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Australian soccer player suspended for betting on his own team’s game

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair supplied the info. -

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The BetFair blog is *NOT* the best source of information on British soccer.

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse
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Excerpts of the BetFair’s answers to their traders’ questions

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

About the new bet-matching logic: It’s not clear why you believe that the majority of those customers who use Betfair’s forum are unhappy about the introduction of the improved matching logic. The sport this will most significantly benefit is football … Continue reading →

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BetFair traders are getting ready for the BOOM.

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair: [...] we’ll be enabling the new matching process on soccer match odds markets, tennis match odds markets and greyhound win markets taking place on the UK exchange shortly. – Previously: BetFair’s new bet-matching logic…. (endorsed by Giberson International Incorporated). … Continue reading →

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