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Re:TweetBracket (YC W10): An Easy Way To Share Your March Ma... by robrenaud on Thursday March 18, 2010 @10:41PM (#1203230)
I'd really love to see something that gives recommendations for bets in a local pool based on your region.

Assume that geographically concentrated bettors will have similar biases because there is a strong preference of fans to bet for their team, even if its the underdog. By being contrarian, even if you aren't picking the best overall bracket, you can maximize your chance of winning a particular pool.

If you could mine the data provided by TweetBracket, you could even get a good estimate of local biases to make good contrarian brackets.

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