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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Super Bowl bet-onomics</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/01/48075.aspx</link><description>It doesn't take an economist to come up with a betting strategy for this weekend’s Super Bowl: It’s the Colts by a touchdown. But based on his years of studying prediction markets, Wharton School economist Justin Wolfers does have some advice for the</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Super Bowl bet-onomics</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/01/48075.aspx#48112</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:56:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:48112</guid><dc:creator>JC, Fairbanks, AK</dc:creator><description>I think the Detroit Red Wings will take the Super Bowl this year, and they'll make a run at the World Series as well. No, I'm not taking any bets.</description></item><item><title>Super Bowl bet-onomics</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/01/48075.aspx#48206</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:50:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:48206</guid><dc:creator>kev</dc:creator><description>analyze it all you want. A bet is nothing but a guess and that is all it will ever be. read webster's meaning of 'gamble' and you will understand. bettors (gamblers) want to beat the odds set forth, and only with some skill and mostly luck do they prevail over an extended period.</description></item><item><title>Super Bowl bet-onomics</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/01/48075.aspx#48437</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:06:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:48437</guid><dc:creator>Dave Zebrasky, Uniontown, Pa. 15401</dc:creator><description>if my team wins and I win 100 dollars, guess what? I still have to get up and go to work the next day!!!!!</description></item><item><title>Super Bowl bet-onomics</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/01/48075.aspx#48443</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:20:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:48443</guid><dc:creator>mike cain, meadville ms.</dc:creator><description>You can analyze the nuts, screws and bolts, &lt;BR&gt;but put them together and it comes up colts..... </description></item><item><title>Super Bowl bet-onomics</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/01/48075.aspx#48605</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:38:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:48605</guid><dc:creator>Ron Goss, Germantown, TN</dc:creator><description>If ANYBODY out there is 100% sure that the Colts will beat the line, then they need to mortgage their house and call Vegas and put it on the line.  As for me, I think I will watch the game and see which team wins.  Maybe I'll watch the commercials too!</description></item><item><title>Super Bowl bet-onomics</title><link>http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/01/48075.aspx#48762</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:14:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:48762</guid><dc:creator>BillConstantine, Las Vegas, Nevada</dc:creator><description>I am taking the Bears, Why? I do not know..They are not expected to win and I would be getting 7 points..I guess the best bet would be taking the over which would be 48 right now..it came down and that means they are betting the under...I am only going to bet $300 so it is not that much...If I only knew...But who will show up on Sunday? Colts or Bears..</description></item></channel></rss>