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Managing losses in exotic horse race wagering
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Managing losses in exotic horse race wagering

Abstract

We consider a specialized form of risk management for betting opportunities with low payout frequency, presented in particular for exotic horse race wagering. An optimization problem is developed which limits losing streaks with high probability to the given time horizon of a gambler, which is formulated as a globally solvable mixed integer nonlinear program. A case study is conducted using one season of historical horse racing data.

Authors

Deza A; Huang K; Metel MR

Journal

Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 319–325

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Date

March 4, 2018

DOI

10.1057/s41274-017-0213-8

ISSN

0160-5682

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