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Zvi Mowshowitz's avatar

What would Benter mean in practice? What's the bet? I notice I am confused there.

I haven't checked Brier scores but keep in mind that you don't need a superior model to the market to win. If you have one you are a true monster.

Results this good are never sustainable at this level, period. And lack of line movement is a very bad sign. But there ARE ways to win without it, and over large enough samples money talks and bullshit walks. Question is how big

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Karl's avatar

Sorry this is late...gmail started burying these for some reason even though I've told it not to!

Back when I was working on handicapping all the time instead of just picking off bad lines, I was firmly in the camp that closing line value was basically all that mattered. As such, I'm a little nervous about long-term viability. I think a breakdown of CLV on dogs vs favorites might be interesting.

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