Handbook of Sports and Lottery Markets

Its basic empirical research and investigation of pure theories of investment in the sports and lotto markets make this volume a winner. With new overviews of scholarship on the industry side of racetrack and other betting markets to betting exchanges and market efficiencies, contributors consider a variety of sports in countries around the world. The result is not only superior information about market forecasting, but macro- and micro-analyses that are relevant to other markets as well. This work offers: major focus on the variety of market efficiencies; significant coverage of sports from racing to jai alai; and, new studies of betting exchanges and internet wagering markets.