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- Title
APPLICATIONS OF AN SPRT-LIKE TEST IN PARIMUTUEL WAGERING.
- Authors
Porth, Lysa; Rosenbloom, Earl
- Abstract
Pari-mutuel wagering functions as a very simple financial market, and has therefore been important in studying market efficiency. In this study, an SPRT-like test reveals that probabilities from the win pool corrected for the favourite longshot bias using Asch and Quandt's regression equation can be used to exploit the exacta pool, and probabilities obtained from the exacta pool can be used to exploit the win pool. These finding differ from previously published studies that maintain that the win pool is largely efficient. Further, these findings mirror statistical arbitrage strategies utilized by hedge funds, where pricing inefficiencies are exploited between related assets.
- Subjects
PARIMUTUEL betting; UNFAIR competition; WINNING &; losing (Contests &; competitions); PROBABILITY theory; REGRESSION analysis; PAIRS trading; HEDGE funds; MARKET pricing; GAMBLING; WAGERS
- Publication
Journal of Gambling Business & Economics, 2010, Vol 4, Issue 2, p63
- ISSN
1751-7990
- Publication type
Article