The economics of gambling / edited by Leighton Vaughan Williams. [print]

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction/ Leighton Vaughan Williams ; -- The favourite-longshot bias and the Gabriel and Marsden anomaly: an explanation based on utility theory/ Michael Cain, David Peel and David Law ; -- Is the presence of inside traders necessary to give rise to a favorite-longshot bias? / Adi Schnytzer and Yuval Shilony ; -- Pari-mutuel place betting in Great Britain and Ireland: an extraordinary opportunity/ David Jackson and Patrick Waldron ; -- Betting at British racecourses: a comparison of the efficiency of betting with bookmakers and at the Tote/ John Peirson and Philip Blackburn ; -- Breakage, turnover, and betting market efficiency: new evidence from Japanese horse tracks/ W. David Walls and Kelly Busche ; -- The impact of tipster information on bookmakers' prices in UK horse-race markets/ Michael A. Smith ; -- On the marginal impact of information and arbitrage/ Adi Schnytzer, Yuval Shilony and Richard Thorne ; -- Covarianace decompositions and betting markets: early insights using data from French trotting/ Jack Dowie ; -- A competitive horse-race handicapping algorithm based on analysis of covariance/ David Edelman ; -- Efficiency in the handicap and index betting markets for English rugby league/ Robert Simmons, David Forrest and Anthony Curran ; -- Efficiency of the over-under betting market for National Football League games/ Joseph Golec and Maurry Tamarkin ; -- Player injuries and price responses in the point spread wagering market/ Raymond D. Sauer ; -- Is the UK National Lottery experiencing lottery fatigue? / Stephen Creigh-Tyte and Lisa Farrell ; -- Time-series modelling of Lotto demand/ David Forrest ; -- Reconsidering the economic impact of Indian casino gambling/ Gary C. Anders ; -- Investigating betting behaviour: a critical discussion of alternative methodological approaches/ Alistair Bruce and Johnnie Johnson ; -- The demand for gambling: a review/ David Paton, Donald S. Siegel and Leighton Vaughan Williams.