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Behind the Betting on the Nobel Prize for Literature

John Lundberg | Posted 12.09.2011

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The Nobel committee never releases its list of writers under consideration. So how does a website specializing in sports gambling determine -- from an increasingly global pool -- reasonable odds for winning the Nobel Prize?

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Literary Betting

DailyFinance | SARAH WEINMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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But the most palpable signs of relief came from the headquarters of Ladbrokes, a betting agency based in Britain which started bookmaking on the Nobel...

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