Never tell me the odds: The stingy odds for Leicester City to win the English Premier League

M Hood, W Chittenden, RT Jewell - The Journal of Prediction Markets, 2018 - ubplj.org
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Abstract The crowning of Leicester City FC as English Premier League champions in 2016 is
arguably the biggest upset in the history of professional sports. The pre-season odds posted
for LCFC to win the EPL were 5,000: 1, worse than finding Elvis alive. In our model, they win
just once per 70,000 simulations; thus, bettors could expect a return of just 0.071 of the stake
when betting on Leicester City. This is similar to the expected return of betting on all of the
long-shots in our simulations; however, the expected value of bets on favorites averages …
Abstract
The crowning of Leicester City FC as English Premier League champions in 2016 is arguably the biggest upset in the history of professional sports. The pre-season odds posted for LCFC to win the EPL were 5,000: 1, worse than finding Elvis alive. In our model, they win just once per 70,000 simulations; thus, bettors could expect a return of just 0.071 of the stake when betting on Leicester City. This is similar to the expected return of betting on all of the long-shots in our simulations; however, the expected value of bets on favorites averages 0.864. We find that the betting market is segmented for favorites and long-shots; while the market for favorites resembles a normal betting market, the market for long-shots is like a lottery.
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