Sports betting based on luck, not knowledge

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 17:01 in Health & Medicine

By Tia GhoseLiveScience Novices, take heart! Amateurs placing bets in their March Madness office pool may have just as good a shot at winning as sports fanatics who know all the minutia, new research suggests."Sports gamblers seem to believe themselves the cleverest of all gamblers. They think that with experience and knowledge — such as player's statistics, manager's habits, weather conditions an...

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