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SP Betting as a Self-Enforcing Implicit Cartel [PDF]

open access: yes
A large share of the UK off-course horse racing betting market involves winning payouts determined at Starting Prices (SP). This implies that gamblers can bet with off-course bookies on any horse before a race at the final pre-race odds as set by on ...
Adi Schnytzer, Avichai Snir
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Betting shops and crime: is there a relationship? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Gambling and its link with criminal activity is an area of growing research interest. Studies from various regions worldwide have suggested an association between criminal activity and easily accessible gambling, yet, despite growth in the commercial ...
Griffiths, MD
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SPORTS BETTING AS A MAJOR GAMING IN THE CONTEMPORARY GAMBLING INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA: EXAMPLE OF WUKARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF TARABA STATE

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal
Sports betting have a long and interesting history in Nigeria, dating back to the pre-colonial era. However, it wasn’t until the 21st century that sports betting became a popular pastime in the country.
SAMUEL ALEGWU OMANCHI   +1 more
doaj  

Market Efficiency and Behavioral Biases in the WNBA Betting Market

open access: yesInternational Journal of Financial Studies, 2014
The betting market for the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a thin financial market, which does not attract much interest from sports bettors.
Rodney J. Paul, Andrew P. Weinbach
doaj   +1 more source

Salmonella lipopolysaccharide‐containing supported lipid bilayers as platforms to study bacteriophage interactions

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We present robust protocols for the preparation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating either Salmonella smooth LPS or outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). We use a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) and fluorescence microscopy to both characterize the SLBs of various compositions and to probe their interactions ...
Hudson P. Pace   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Market Efficiency and the NHL totals betting market: Is there an under bias? [PDF]

open access: yes
Sports betting and racetrack markets continue to be utilized by academic researchers to provide insights into theories relating to more complex speculative markets.
Bill M Woodland, Linda M Woodland
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Is there an optimistic bias on betting markets?

open access: yes, 2009
Bettors are subject to an optimistic bias when betting on the team they support. This paper shows that this individual bias does not affect betting odds on British teams in association football (soccer), as it is often ...
Page, L., Page, Lionel
core   +1 more source

Microbiome−host proteostasis crosstalk—An emerging perspective on mechanisms and interventions toward healthy longevity

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Proteostasis and the gut microbiota play a key role in shaping host physiology. Microbiota‐derived metabolites, vitamins, and RNA modulate host proteostasis. Findings from model systems, including C. elegans, indicate microbes can either stabilize or disrupt host proteostasis.
Abhishek Anil Dubey, Maria Ermolaeva
wiley   +1 more source

'Quarbs' and Efficiency in Spread Betting Markets: can you beat the book? [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we examine a relatively novel form of gambling, index (or spread) betting, that mirrors (and indeed overlaps with) practices in conventional financial markets.
Paton, David, Leighton Vaughan Williams
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Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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