A sportsbook is a gambling establishment where people place wagers on a variety of sporting events. They accept wagers from both legal and illegal sources and track the bets, payouts, and debts of their clients. They are also known as “bookies”. Some are found in Las Vegas, while others operate over the Internet. They are also found on gambling cruises and in select markets that have legalized gambling.
The objective of this study was to estimate the expected profit a bettor will make on a unit bet when the sportsbook’s proposed margin of victory (or total) differs from the median. A statistical model is developed that allows the expected profit to be computed for a wide range of deviations from the median, including those of 1, 2, and 3 points in each direction. This information is then used to construct upper and lower bounds on the accuracy of sportsbook estimates of the median outcome.
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