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Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer
not really. The most you could even add in Theory is 10 percentage points. 
In real life you just don't have enough information to assign a horse 100% hit rate. Not to mention the slew of things that can unexpectedly go wrong.
In real life a "lock" to show isn't going to be any higher than 95%
Even a 95% hit% is only a .9975 Value. Still a losing long-term investment.
You would be hard pressed to find a 95% hit rate for a show wager.
A bad investment / a tempting gamble |
Worse than an investment in bear stearns? Or a CD at indymac?