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The Role of Official Data Rights Monopolies

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The Group of Copenhagen

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The Invention of the Point Spread

The **Point Spread** was invented in the 1940s, primarily credited to Chicago mathematician and bookmaker **Charles K. McNeil**. Before this innovation, sports betting relied on fixed-odds moneylines, which stifled liquidity on lopsided matchups. McNeil's system replaced adjusting the *payout* with ...

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The 'Official Data' Mandate and Antitrust Concerns

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