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Favourite-Longshot Bias

The empirical tendency for bookmakers to overprice favourites relative to longshots in their margins.

Definition

The empirical tendency for bookmakers to overprice favourites relative to longshots in their margins.

Example

The favourite-longshot bias means backing strong favourites systematically loses slightly less than backing outsiders.

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