The Football Pools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23608776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Forrest (0000-0003-0565-3396, University of Salford), Leví Pérez (0000-0001-6632-6626, Universidad de Oviedo) |
| Editors | Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Donald S Siegel (0000-0002-7668-9751) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 146-162 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Gambling (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199797912.013.0008 |
| OpenAlex | W224312114 |
| ISBN | 9780199797912 |
| Language | EN |
In principle, the term football pools could be applied to any pari-mutuel wagering concerning the outcomes, or any other aspects, of football (soccer) matches. However, it has long been used more specifically to refer to long-odds, high-prize gambling games where entitlement to a share of the jackpot is linked to football results. Long odds are inherent in the product and are achieved by requiring players to match their guesses or forecasts with the results of a long list of fixtures. This form of gambling therefore closely resembles lotto, the principal difference being dependence of winning on football results rather than the drawing of numbers by random process. This chapter reviews the history of and literature on the football pools, focusing in particular on the United Kingdom and Spain.
Advertising · Archaeology · Business · Computer security · Entitlement (fair division) · Football · Mathematical economics · Odds · Principal (computer security) · Statistics · Term (time) · Computer Science · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · History · Mathematics · Psychology · Sports Analytics and Performance
| Highly cited | No |
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