Superbru

Superbru
Type of site	Sports Prediction
Founded	2006
Owner	SportEngage Ltd
Parent	SportsEngage Ltd
Website	www.superbru.com
Current status	Running

Short description: Sports prediction website founded in South Africa

Superbru is a sports prediction website,^[1] founded in 2006,^[2]^[3] owned by SportEngage Ltd.^[4]^[5] Predictions generally revolve around major competitions such as the FIFA World Cup,^[6]^[7] English Premier League,^[8] or Wimbledon, across different sports, such as rugby league and cycling.^{[citation needed]}

Superbru has been used to show how data scientists can correctly predict scores; such as Principa out-predicting 99.68% of human predictions for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.^[9]^[10] As of 2018, Superbru has over 1.5 million registered users.^[11]^[12]

History

SuperBru was founded in 2001 as a Super 12's prediction game, in the University of Cape Town, as a paper based league. In 2003, the game was merged online, with access not available to the public. In 2006, Superbru was opened; with financial support from web design company Nevado, and later created a United Kingdom version, called Sports Guru.^{[lower-alpha 1]} In 2011, Superbru moved away from Nevado, creating SportsEngage, financing the website.^[11]

Notes

↑ SportsGuru would later merge into Superbru in 2012.^[11]

References

↑ "Super Rugby fantasy league with SuperBru". Stuff. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/77178451/super-rugby-fantasy-league-with-superbru. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ "Superbru - Copyright Notice". superbru.com. https://www.superbru.com/home/copyright.php. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ "Superbru Predictions - SA Rugbymag". SA Rugbymag. http://www.sarugbymag.co.za/superbru/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ "SportEngage". sportengage.com. http://www.sportengage.com/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ Muller, Antoinette. "How pre-World Cup statistical predictions got it terribly wrong". Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-07-08-how-pre-world-cup-statistical-predictions-compare-standings/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ "Winner of 2017 office Superbru pool reckons he ‘knows a thing or two’". Sport. https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/BetCentre/winner-of-2017-office-superbru-pool-reckons-he-knows-a-thing-or-two-20180219. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ "These SA data scientists have had great success with predicting World Cup scores - and they believe they know who will win the tournament". businessinsider.co.za. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/these-sa-data-scientists-say-france-will-win-the-2018-fifa-world-cup-2-0-against-croatia-based-on-this-method-2018-7. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ "Weekend Premier League Predictions With Superbru". Breathe Chelsea. https://www.breathechelsea.com/weekend-premier-league-predictions-with-superbru-2/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ Muller, Antoinette (25 July 2018). "A data company predicted Japan's win over Boks and is beating the Rugby World Cup bookies". The South African. https://www.thesouthafrican.com/a-data-company-predicted-japans-win-over-boks-and-is-beating-the-rugby-world-cup-bookies/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ ITWeb; Moyo, Admire. "Analytics, machine learning predict World Cup scores". ITWeb. https://www.itweb.co.za/content/LPp6VMr4AYbvDKQz. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 "Superbru - About Us". superbru.com. https://www.superbru.com/home/about.php. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ "A winning strategy for investing and Superbru". Moneyweb. https://www.moneyweb.co.za/uncategorized/a-winning-strategy-for-investing-and-superbru-2/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

External links

Superbru website
SportsEngage Website
Football Prediction Method

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[13] SportsGuru would later merge into Superbru in 2012.^[11]

[stuf_Supe-1] "Super Rugby fantasy league with SuperBru". Stuff. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/77178451/super-rugby-fantasy-league-with-superbru. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[OfficialCopyright-2] "Superbru - Copyright Notice". superbru.com. https://www.superbru.com/home/copyright.php. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[saru_Supe-3] "Superbru Predictions - SA Rugbymag". SA Rugbymag. http://www.sarugbymag.co.za/superbru/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[spor_Spor-4] "SportEngage". sportengage.com. http://www.sportengage.com/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[dail_Howp-5] Muller, Antoinette. "How pre-World Cup statistical predictions got it terribly wrong". Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-07-08-how-pre-world-cup-statistical-predictions-compare-standings/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[spor_Winn-6] "Winner of 2017 office Superbru pool reckons he ‘knows a thing or two’". Sport. https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/BetCentre/winner-of-2017-office-superbru-pool-reckons-he-knows-a-thing-or-two-20180219. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[busi_Thes-7] "These SA data scientists have had great success with predicting World Cup scores - and they believe they know who will win the tournament". businessinsider.co.za. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/these-sa-data-scientists-say-france-will-win-the-2018-fifa-world-cup-2-0-against-croatia-based-on-this-method-2018-7. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[brea_Week-8] "Weekend Premier League Predictions With Superbru". Breathe Chelsea. https://www.breathechelsea.com/weekend-premier-league-predictions-with-superbru-2/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[thes_Adat-9] Muller, Antoinette (25 July 2018). "A data company predicted Japan's win over Boks and is beating the Rugby World Cup bookies". The South African. https://www.thesouthafrican.com/a-data-company-predicted-japans-win-over-boks-and-is-beating-the-rugby-world-cup-bookies/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[itwe_Anal-10] ITWeb; Moyo, Admire. "Analytics, machine learning predict World Cup scores". ITWeb. https://www.itweb.co.za/content/LPp6VMr4AYbvDKQz. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[about-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 "Superbru - About Us". superbru.com. https://www.superbru.com/home/about.php. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[mone_Awin-12] "A winning strategy for investing and Superbru". Moneyweb. https://www.moneyweb.co.za/uncategorized/a-winning-strategy-for-investing-and-superbru-2/. Retrieved 25 July 2018.