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Introduction: A Variety of Betting Lines

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From 1976 to 1996, legalized betting in the U.S. increased from $17.3 billion to $586.5 billion. Apart from legal betting, O’Brien1 estimates that illegal sports betting could amount to $88 billion annually with $4 billion to $5 billion wagered on the Super Bowl alone.

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  1. Craig School of Business, California State University, Fresno, USA

    William S. Mallios

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Mallios, W.S. (2000). Introduction: A Variety of Betting Lines. In: The Analysis of Sports Forecasting. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6713-1_1

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