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Now that legal sports betting is widespread, decisions such as whether to “take a knee” on their one-yard line as a 20-point favorite, when winning by 18, with seconds to go, should not be up to the coach. He can’t pretend not to know the spread. It is because sports betting is legal in so… Continue reading Standardize End Game Decisions on Bettable Games Out of Reach. 

Not a good idea if winning the first allows you to bet it all on the second. Or if the second bet is only a little better. But sometimes it is a good idea. If your $100 bankroll is temporarily not replenishable, and you can bet up to that amount both today and tomorrow, wait… Continue reading Passing Up a Good Bet for a Better One.

Assuming similar blood alcohol levels and degree of reckless driving. Why should luck play such a big part? There are many other examples. I wasn’t just thinking about drunk driving here. And I wasn’t merely suggesting that those lucky enough to cause less harm be given greater punishment. The opposite is true as well. If… Continue reading Close the Gap Between Drunk Driving and Drunk Driving Manslaughter Punishments.

It’s already been done a few times unofficially. Both pro and con capital punishment advocates as well as probability phobics have objections, but they will be refuted when I write lengthier explanations. Basically, it’s a pot odds problem. There are at least three categories of folks who would be concerned about my idea. One, ironically,… Continue reading Make “Sliver of Doubt” An Official Reason to Commute a Death Sentence.

When discrepancies in state laws are obviously for no good reason, legislatures should revisit those laws. (I am not talking about silly laws or laws that should reasonably be different depending on the state. The best examples are those that force commercials to say something like “not available in Florida, North Dakota or Kansas.) There… Continue reading Why Can’t You Pump Your Own Gas In New Jersey?

Expertise, experience, overall intelligence, personal gain bias, how much would they bet (assuming equal bankrolls and equal gambling proclivities), are they the type who will only offer an opinion they are sure of. Those last two are rarely considered. If you are getting conflicting advice from two experts is there any way to choose? I… Continue reading Criteria to Use When Two Experts Disagree.

Most of the money goes to help the handicapped. Perhaps a dollar a minute. Perhaps only a portion of them. Perhaps only at certain times. Everyone surely notices that on off peak hours, the handicapped parking spaces at large parking lots (usually the best ones) are at least 80% empty. People rarely complain about that,… Continue reading Put Expensive Parking Meters on Some Handicapped Parking Spaces

1. Put Expensive Parking Meters on Some Handicapped Parking Spaces. Most of the money goes to help the handicapped. Perhaps a dollar a minute. Perhaps only a portion of them. Perhaps only at certain times.2. Criteria to Use When Two Experts Disagree. Expertise, experience, overall intelligence, personal gain bias, how much would they bet (assuming equal… Continue reading Suggestions