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> Donaghy's track record of making calls that favored his bet was 23-3-4 They know which games he bet on and which games he officiated, so they can track his c
by everdev 8y ago
> Donaghy's track record of making calls that favored his bet was 23-3-4
They know which games he bet on and which games he officiated, so they can track his calls in games where he had a vested interest in affecting the outcome.
> The odds that Tim Donaghy would have randomly made calls that produced that imbalance are 6,155-to-1.
Basically, there's no way an unbiased ref could generate such an accurate prediction of the winner.
- mruts 8y agoThose odds aren’t really that bad. Many poker hands have worse odds but no one is particularly amazed when they get them. That being said, it does seem a little sketchy.
- bryanrasmussen 8y agohow many millions of poker hands have been played though? now how many thousands of basketball games?