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References:
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/253416/global-gambling-market-gross-win/
[2] http://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/NYSE_MET_2017.pdf
[3] https://twitter.com/wendoverpro/status/1054533498722111488
[4] https://www.nber.org/papers/w18237.pdf
[5] https://twitter.com/wendoverpro/status/1054533837328281600
[6] https://twitter.com/wendoverpro/status/1054534236642795522
[7] http://www.its.caltech.edu/~snowberg/papers/Snowberg-Wolfers%20Risk%20Love%20or%20Decision%20Weights-NBER.pdf
[8] http://www.football-data.co.uk/blog/favourite_longshot_bias_tennis.php
[9] https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/the-bp-spill-and-the-favorite-longshot-bias/
[10] https://ac-els-cdn-com.ezproxy1.library.usyd.edu.au/S0167268114002194/1-s2.0-S0167268114002194-main.pdf?_tid=6aac86b2-7e4a-46d0-bf4d-5ab70e8db750&acdnat=1540355242_b9bcf6d0549207112968a3467b39a9a0
[11] https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/08-061_17c22e32-fe06-4b4a-8b5e-e09227fc8104.pdf
[12] https://www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/ladder/120511prizelinkedsavingsFAQs.pdf

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