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How is it that sports and gambling co-exist so easily together, yet can cause so many problems? We explore the relationship between sports and gambling from a historical perspective and describe the ways that some organizations are trying to keep a safe distance between the two.
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Schumaker, R.P., Solieman, O.K., Chen, H. (2010). Betting and Gaming. In: Sports Data Mining. Integrated Series in Information Systems, vol 26. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6730-5_12
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