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Sport News 24/7The Betfair Prof 
From the Stone Age to the Golden Age of betting in less than 15 years. But it didn't happen by accident!
Leighton Vaughan Williams signs off his current blogging efforts for Betting.Betfair with a look back at 15 years of tremendous change in the betting landscape...
'The Cleverness of Crowds' © Leighton Vaughan Williams
Got a question? Ask a group of people and you should get a strangely accurate answer...
The Betfair Prof: "Did a £5 private wager almost cost the allies the Second World War?"
The Betfair Prof, Leighton Vaughan Williams, tells all about one of the more absurd suggestions ever made on betting.betfair!
The Betfair Prof: "Can the Wisdom of Crowds Help You Win the Lottery?"
Derren Brown, the magician, is no stranger to the use of the idea of the wisdom of crowds as part of his entertainment package...
The Betfair Prof: "England are the third best football team in the world. And it's not just Betfair traders who are saying so!"
You heard it here first: England are the third best football team in the world...
The Betfair Prof: "How Benford's Law might help you beat the odds!"
Leighton Vaughan Williams tells us whether or not it's possible pick the fakers from the tossers!
The Betfair Prof: "Can the future influence the past? Serious scientists are asking the question!"
Why are objects the size that they are? The answer is quite simple. It's the size of the molecules and atoms that make them up.
The Betfair Prof: 'Could the crowd have prevented 9/11?'
The attack by al Qaeda on the World Trade Centre and on the Pentagon in September 2001 came as a surprise. But the information was out there.
The Betfair Prof: "Can orange juice help forecast the weather?"
Whoever would have thought the economics of orange juice could be so interesting!
Why was the Arc triumph of the greatest racehorse such a bad result for the bookies?
Why do favourites winning mean bad news for the bookies? The Betfair Prof explains...
The Betfair Prof: "Sell in May, Go Away, Buy Again on St. Leger Day". Or not?
The Betfair Prof looks at the famous Mark Twain quote and gives us his take on a sure fire way to make some cash, or not, as the case may be...
Money talks. But not always!
The Betfair Prof, Leighton Vaughan Williams, tells us that money talks, most of the time... It's a few days since I backed Treaty Flyer to win the 3.40 'rippleeffect.com Handicap Hurdle' at Bangor-on-Dee. Generally available...
The Betfair Prof: Manipulators may be good for prediction markets
The Betfair Prof explains why, rather than presenting a danger, manipulators of betting markets are actually offering their fellow punters a free lunch......
The Betfair Prof: "I need to laugh, and when the sun is out, I've got something I can laugh about" (Lennon and McCartney)
Why it might pay to keep an eye on the weather...
