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  2. Mathematics of bookmaking - Wikipedia

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    E.g. £100 each-way fivefold accumulator with winners at Evens ( 1 ⁄ 4 odds a place), 11-8 ( 1 ⁄ 5 odds), 5-4 ( 1 ⁄ 4 odds), 1-2 (all up to win) and 3-1 ( 1 ⁄ 5 odds); total staked = £200 Note: 'All up to win' means there are insufficient participants in the event for place odds to be given (e.g. 4 or fewer runners in a horse race).

  3. Kelly criterion - Wikipedia

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    Example of the optimal Kelly betting fraction, versus expected return of other fractional bets. In probability theory, the Kelly criterion (or Kelly strategy or Kelly bet) is a formula for sizing a sequence of bets by maximizing the long-term expected value of the logarithm of wealth, which is equivalent to maximizing the long-term expected geometric growth rate.

  4. Poker probability - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, this is called odds against. For instance, with a royal flush, there are 4 ways to draw one, and 2,598,956 ways to draw something else, so the odds against drawing a royal flush are 2,598,956 : 4, or 649,739 : 1. The formula for establishing the odds can also be stated as (1/p) - 1 : 1, where p is the aforementioned probability.

  5. 63 days to election: Betting odds split down the middle for ...

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    By contrast, Hillary Clinton's odds stood at -323 at the 75-day mark, but Clinton went on to lose the election. However, the U.K. oddsmaker Betfair Exchange still favors Harris over Trump with ...

  6. 2024 presidential election odds: How betting lines stack up ...

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    Hillary Clinton's odds stood at -323 at the 75 day mark, but Clinton went on to lose the election in one of the two times the betting underdog won on election night.

  7. Odds - Wikipedia

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    Decimal odds are favoured by betting exchanges because they are the easiest to work with for trading, as they reflect the inverse of the probability of an outcome. [13] For example, a quoted odds of 5.00 equals to a probability of 1 / 5.00, that is 0.20 or 20%. Decimal odds are also known as European odds, digital odds or continental odds. [9]

  8. 2025 Six Nations odds, betting tips and predictions: Ireland ...

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    2025 Six Nations betting tips. Ireland to win 2025 Six Nations - 15/8 Unibet. Penaud top tournament try scorer - 6/1 BoyleSports . Russell top tournament points scorer - 4/1 BetVictor. The Six ...

  9. Martingale (betting system) - Wikipedia

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    In reality, the odds of a streak of 6 losses in a row are much higher than many people intuitively believe. Psychological studies have shown that since people know that the odds of losing 6 times in a row out of 6 plays are low, they incorrectly assume that in a longer string of plays the odds are also very low.