Ask HN: How to get into computerized sports betting?

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As a player? To run a sports book?
As a gambler. To make money.
Study "market making" in the stock and options markets.

The most important concept to understand is

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_criterion

That is, you make money trading if you have a predictive model and use Kelly to turn that into bets.

See this book

https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Beat-Racetrack-William-Ziemba/dp/1...

for a strategy that still works and an example of "predictive model + Kelly". (e.g. that strategy still works because anybody who masters it and would scale it up goes on to Wall Street and plays for bigger stakes)

To get started, you'll want to make sure you have a fully-compliant wallet to keep your winnings in. Put all the money you have right now into your wallet and mail it to The Wallet Inspector for certification.