Benter
Derek,
I think that Bill Benter's betting has been confirmed by people who know him and also his rival computer teams in Hong Kong. I do not know him, but the first I ever heard of somone beating the horse races was in a Andy Beyer article that appeared in the Washington Post on December the 23rd and 24th, 1994. I found the article fascinating and was amused at how Andy Beyer wrote the article. Evidently, Beyer visited Benter in 1994 in Hong Kong.
He referred to Benter as Mr B and for whatever reason, said that Benter was from England. I guess the reason for that was misdirection, because in the article, Beyer says that Benter did not want his identity revealed.
From memory, Beyer says in the article something like "I always thought that a computer could not beat the horse races, I now know different."
I think that Andy Beyer is a person who tells it like it is and if he says that Benter was beating the races then, I believe it.
Jack
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