Michael Kent
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Michael Kent
- For the person named Michael of Kent, see Prince Michael of Kent.
Michael Kent was one of two founders of the Computer Group which used a statistics based sports betting to predict the outcome of college football. The group reportedly made millions each season.
Kent was the computer genius who invented the statistical models. He was 34 when he had created the first successful program for handicapping basketball and football games: together with his brother, Michael collected statistical data about every team to put all that info to his computer and update the program.[1]
The story was first reported by a national publication in the March 1986 Sports Illustrated.
References
- ^ Thomsen, Ian (8 June 2004). "The Gang That Beat Las Vegas". http://www.winneronline.com/articles/june2004/the-gang-that-beat-las-vegas-part5.htm. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
External links
- Keyboard Cappers: A sports-betting history lesson, with a nod to the computer and the trailblazers who saw the future
- Gambling � The Gang That Beat Las Vegas
- Sports Illustrated Article from 1986
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