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Originally Posted by Nitro
Based on Benter’s published report (previously posted) I felt your comment on so-called “smoothing” was a bit overstated.
So I contacted my mentor about it because he’s been in direct communication with Bill. He confirmed that Benter never reduced the weight value of the public’s odds. In fact he did just the opposite. He also mentioned that no one on his team was ever made aware of the exact algorithms he was using.
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That's very interesting.
So, you are saying that the public's handicapping means
more today than it did (say) 15 years ago?
I'm very surprised. My understanding was that the weight assigned dropped by around 25%.
But I have to admit that my information is completely second hand. I've never had any direct contact with either him or his current group.
