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How injury protection changes the value of a bet

We examine when injury protection is worth worse odds or a separate fee, and why price alone is no longer enough when comparing sportsbooks.

Trends

Brazil bans sports betting and online gambling

Trends

Prediction Markets: A New Form of Trading or Betting Under Another Name?

11 min read

From Odds to Contracts: How Prediction Markets Work

9 min read

18 pitches, $400,000 and inside information: why microbetting is so easy to manipulate

2 min read

PS3838 makes two-factor authentication mandatory

3 min read

Pinnacle offers its data to prediction market participants

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