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This CU Boulder computer science professor used math to win $25,000 in sports gambling profits. Here’s how she did it.

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This CU Boulder computer science professor used math to win $25,000 in sports gambling profits. Here’s how she did it.

Season 2025 Episode 96 | 3m 40s | CC

Maribeth Oscamou, an associate professor of Computer Science at CU Boulder, used math to take advantage of inflated promotional deals offered by sportsbooks in the early days of legalized Colorado sports betting

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