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Weekend Wrapup
Quite a weekend in sports economics... Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Vegas There was an interesting finish in the game between the Chargers and the Steelers. On the last play of ... -
World Cup Betting
In a few days the world's biggest sporting event, the World Cup, will begin in South Africa. In addition to being an immensely popular spectator sporting event, the World Cup ... -
Mixed Grill
The Dallas Morning News reports that the Cowboys "stand to make as much as $4.2 million from the team's new Texas Lottery scratch-off tickets." In May, the NFL dropped a ... -
Black Sunday in Vegas
Yahoo Sports columnist Dan Wetzel had an interesting column yesterday about the beating that Vegas sports books are taking on NFL games this season. The "standard" model of sportsbook behavior ... -
Paying Them What They Are Worth Improves the Integrity of Games
Stef Szymanski argues below that monopsonistic exploitation via international competition is a primary driving force behind the fixing of international matches. We don't hear much about players throwing games/shaving points ... -
A Few Tips To Become Better At The Sport Of Gambling
Sports is great because of the anticipation, the thrills, the fun, and the challenge. We train physically, mentally, and psychologically to get to where we want to be. We may ... -
Hold Your Bets
A three judge federal appeals court ruled today that betting on individual football games in Delaware is illegal, according to an Associated Press report. The NFL and the NCAA filed ... -
Sports Betting Could Be A Life Raft For The NFL
I’ll start this piece by clarifying that the NFL doesn’t need a life raft the way some casual observers might expect. It’s still by most reasonable measures the most successful ... -
Anomalies: Super Bowl Coin Toss Betting
In terms of betting, the Super Bowl is one of the most popular events in the world. Sports books, as well as trading markets like TradeSports that operate like betting ... -
Pete Rose's Bets: How Smart?
Most readers will recall that Pete Rose has been banned from baseball for betting on the game. Rutgers Professor Douglas Coate does the sums on the bets listed in the ... -
The Production Value of Brett Favre
Former students Andy Weinbach (now teaching at Coastal Carolina) and Mark Wilson (St. Bonaventure) were discussing this with me. Their assessment, derived from market prices: pretty small. Here's their take: ... -
The NFL and Gambling
In the WSJ here. The article suggests that the NFL's stance in opposition to gambling is hypocritical and motivated by its appetite for public subsidy. John Vrooman of Vanderbilt states ...
