Bob Dancer and I are back doing a Gambling With an Edge episode. We interview attorney Bob Loeb about the recent trend of legal, regulated sportsbooks stealing people’s money.
Podcast – https://www.spreaker.com/user/7418966/loeb12-22-23final
My guest this week is Frank Frigo. Frank is one of the founders of Edj Analytics, and we talk about their football model named Zeus which they licensed to various NFL teams to make better playing decisions.
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Podcast –Â https://www.spreaker.com/user/7418966/frankfrigoepisode11f
NY Times article mentioned in the show.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/sports/football/eagles-analytics-super-bowl-lii.html
My guest this week is Ed Miller. Ed is on to talk about his new book, “Interception” which he co-authored with Matt Davidow.
You can reach me at [email protected], or find me on Twitter @RWM21. If you like the show please tell a friend you think might like it, or if you are really ambitious leave a review wherever you listen.
Podcast –Â https://www.spreaker.com/user/7418966/edmillerepisode10
Books by Ed Miller & Matt Davidow
The Logic of Sports Betting https://amzn.to/3QlG3Ec
Interception https://amzn.to/46Abjoz
For those who missed it, the Jack Casino was recently rebranded as a Hard Rock Casino, and its opening night featured Cincinnati’s own legend, Pete Rose (now a Vegas resident), to make the inaugural table-games bet. That was appropriate, entertaining, ironic, and sad. Like having an alcoholic make the toast at a wedding.
Now 80, Pete Rose is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame, despite having the record of 4256 career hits (shoutout to my boy, Ichiro, who is in that conversation). The reason? Because in 1989, Rose was banned from Major League Baseball for life, making him ineligible. Why was he banned from baseball? Did he drive 150+ mph on a Vegas residential street and kill someone? No!! Did he beat his girlfriend unconscious in a hotel elevator? Nooo!!!! Did he threaten to jam a tennis ball down the line judge’s f***ing throat? Not once. Did he get caught video-taping opponents? Did he get caught deflating balls (and then lie about it)? Did he jack up on steroids to boost his power hitting? Did he steal signals and implement a team-wide system to cheat his way to a World Series? As far as I know, he didn’t do any of those things.
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