| ▲ | nly 7 minutes ago | |
Most sports betting markets have a degree of unpredictability, and bookmakers will ban sharps (those falling outside the statistical norm or continually hitting lines just before the market moves). Betting on a final score in most markets is fine. When betting gets extremely narrow and specific e.g. "Player X will be subbed on for Player Y" it gets morally dubious. There is a lot of overlap with insurance markets. The incentives have to be aligned (life insurance) with sensible guard rails against abuse (cooling off periods to be covered for suicide) | ||