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Information incorporation in online in-Game sports betting markets
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Proceedings of the 4th ACM conference on Electronic commerce table of contents
San Diego, CA, USA
POSTER SESSION: Poster paper sessions table of contents
Pages: 258 - 259  
Year of Publication: 2003
ISBN:1-58113-679-X
Authors
Sandip Debnath  Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
David M. Pennock  Overture Services, Inc., Pasadena, CA and NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ
C. Lee Giles  Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ
Steve Lawrence  NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ
Sponsors
ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
SIGEcom: ACM Special Interest Group on Electronic Commerce
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

We analyze data from $52$ online in-game sports betting markets (where betting is allowed continuously throughout a game), including 34 markets based on soccer (European football) games from the 2002 World Cup, and 18 basketball games from the 2002 USA National Basketball Association (NBA) championship. We show that prices on average approach the correct outcome over time, and the price dynamics in the markets are closely coupled with game events, agreeing with efficient market assumptions. We also examine qualitative distinctions between the two types of games.


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Collaborative Colleagues:
Sandip Debnath: colleagues
David M. Pennock: colleagues
C. Lee Giles: colleagues
Steve Lawrence: colleagues