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The secret gamblers using AI to hack horse racing

Life and Art from FT Weekend

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The Rise and Fall of Horse Racing in the US

Oliver: Scotty seems to be one of these people who's trying to democratize the algorithm. Can you talk a little bit about that and the people who are trying to do that? Yeah, I think he's trying to do this in a few ways. One is just by making this thing publicly available. You have to pay for it, but it's not that expensive. Another is Scotty kind of hosts these live streams. So on a Saturday afternoons racing, he will broadcast from his apartment and sort of talk you through every race. And essentially to kind of educate people about how horse race betting works.

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