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A Professor Bets on Jai Alai With Computer Models

Calculated Bets: Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win

By BROCK READ

The sport of jai alai might not have a wide following, but its complex scoring system "has interesting mathematical properties that just beg the techno-geek to try to exploit it," writes Steven Skiena, a professor of computer science at the State University of New York...

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