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Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by erfgh on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:46PM (#30152243)
1k on 3k wagered sounds pretty suspicious. Also, the regularity you imply makes it even more suspicious. How did this program work?
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Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by RC_ITR on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:55PM (#30152419)
Not OP, but if I had to guess, the coder just looked for the most favorable 'prop bets' that books use to get the casuals in the door and took advantage of those favorable odds.

Not really any other way to do it without fixing games.

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Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by majani on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:18PM (#30152766)
They were probably taking advantage of the rush of companies into the US market. It's a common market penetration tactic to offer odds that are wildly favorable to the punters for the first few months.
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