Assertion: bookmaker | /r/CapableOf | manipulate spread
Facets:
value: to exploit bettors
type: PURPOSE
value: in the way
type: LOCATION
value: with a view
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In the first part of this two-part betting article I proposed a thought experiment that would account for why they might, and reviewed evidence from the economist Stephen Levitt that suggested bookmakers are manipulating NFL spread prices with a view to exploiting bettors’ preference for backing favourites to cover the spread to increase their profits.
text: If bookmakers are manipulating the spread in the way Levitt suggested they do for NFL, such manipulation is limited in scope.
text: As set out in part one, the most obvious reason is because bookmakers are manipulating their spreads to exploit bettors.