NumberFire: "Moneyball" For Fantasy Leagues

www.fastcompany.com by David D. Burstein Published

With winnings from " Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ," Nik Bonaddio created a predictive sports system Billy Beane would be proud of. Nik Bonaddio was in the hot seat on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire one night back in 2009. He had coasted through the first few questions. With $100,000 in the bank , Bonaddio was stumped by a question that asked him to identify which '80s movie featured a character named Axelrod. If you watch the tape of his appearance , you'll see that Bonaddio appears to make a quick and seemingly painless decision to walk away with the $100,000, even though he had narrowed the choices down to just two: Endless Love and An Officer and a Gentleman. Even with a 50% chance of being right, he knew…

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