Tradesports provides probability markets in Super Bowl and Conference victories. It logically follows that a team can only win the Super Bowl if it wins its conference, i.e. p (B | A) = 1. Bayes’ Theorem provides the probablity of a team winning the Super Bowl upon winning its conference, i.e. p (A | B).
As of 1245pm Tue Sep 25 2007, here’s what p (A | B) looked like:
78% | PATRIOTS |
75% | TEXANS |
62% | CHARGERS |
62% | COLTS |
57% | JETS |
56% | STEELERS |
55% | RAVENS |
Notice anything interesting? Yep, they are all AFC teams. The Jaguars and NY Giants are both the highest, at 50%. (NB: Liquidity is still building up, and these are calculated using mid-market, which may be at varying levels of freshness).
UPDATE: Eddy Elfenbein does the same thing for 2008 candidates for President:
67% CLINTON
65% GORE
54% EDWARDS
50% MCCAIN
50% OBAMA
46% GIULIANI
39% THOMPSON
39% ROMNEY
35% PAUL
The Dems look to be the AFC of the election cycle.
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