Shrewd betting based on the rapid calculation of odds?

基于概率速算的高明下注？

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But the judges appear to be betting that he can defy the odds and resolve them all in the next few years.

也许评委们十分确信他可以反其道而行之，在未来的几年中可以解决这些问题。

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Paddy Power Plc, Ireland’s biggest bookmaker, said this week that the odds of a recall increased after the Consumer Reports review, leading to a “betting frenzy.”

爱尔兰最大的博彩公司帕蒂鲍尔公司表示，本周在美国消费者报导杂志发布其评估后，手机召回几率猛增，引起了“博彩热潮”。

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More recently, the introduction of fixed odds betting terminals, offering additional games such as virtual roulette, have whetted the appetite of punters.

BBC: These are booming times for Britain's bookmakers.

That is twice the usual margin for fixed-odds betting.

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The Tote will also keep its seven-year monopoly on pool betting (where stakes are pooled and the winners take the lot, minus taxes and an administration charge, as opposed to fixed-odds betting where the bookmaker bears the risk).

ECONOMIST: The Tote: Odd odds | The