Betting on Baseball: A Journey into Sabermetrics and Sports Betting

Guest speaker, Micha Lichtman, discusses his experience and history of betting on baseball, including his attempt to create a model for betting in the 1990s. He shares his connection with a billionaire blackjack player and their mutual interest in blackjack. The chapter explores their transition from playing blackjack and poker to exclusively betting on baseball, their interest in baseball analytics, and the process of developing and implementing models for baseball betting.