The following refers to the Club Soccer Predictions dataset that can be found here: https://data.fivethirtyeight.com/. I will refer to football rather than soccer from now on. I will attempt to see how I can use this data to make bets against the my local bookmakers. The main goal is to have a minimum profit margin of 20%, however I realize that my account may be restricted or closed if /when the bookmakers pick up that I have clear winning betting strategy. I live in Namibia and therefore have no access to betting exchanges such as Betfair or Matchbook.
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