Although betting against the public continues to be a profitable strategy, bettors become increasingly willing to take the underdog.
Although betting against the public has consistently proven to be an effective strategy, there are a number of additional factors that need to be taken into consideration.
Although betting against the public hasn't been profitable, there was reason to believe that following reverse line movement would still be effective.
Although betting against the public produced a winning record for second half bettors, it was still well below the 52.38 % break - even point.
Although betting against the public has a winning record at the 35 % threshold, this system doesn't actually become profitable until we examine teams receiving less than 30 % of spread bets.
This would seem to indicate that
although betting against the public continues to be a profitable approach, bettors need to consider other historically profitable strategies in conjuncture with this contrarian strategy.
Although betting against the public struggled last week, it continues to be a profitable strategy on the season.
Although betting against the public hasn't been a profitable strategy in day games, it's been highly lucrative in night games.
Not exact matches
It's worth noting that
although home - field advantage has been historically overvalued by college football bettors, the exact opposite is true when
betting against the
public.
Although we constantly preach the value of
betting against the
public, contrarian bettors may want to think twice before going
against the sharp action tonight.
Past research has conclusively proven that
betting against the
public will produce a positive return on investment,
although many bettors are confused about why this is such a successful strategy.
Although the college basketball handles in November, December and January are smaller due to the ongoing football season, there's still value
betting against the
public in the most heavily
bet games.
Although these systems have been incredibly lucrative, blindly
betting against the
public isn't necessarily an effective strategy as you can see from the table below.
Although the most basic
betting against the
public strategy did not improve our system, we did find that the more lopsided the game was, the more our return on investment (ROI) increased.
Although it's still advantageous, bettors have to consider a variety of additional filters which we cover in our 2016 MLB
Betting Against the
Public report.
Although the Rockies don't fit out 2016 MLB
Betting Against the
Public system, there's a lot of reasons to like the home «dog tonight.
Although this system has been historically profitable and shows a definitive edge for
betting against the
public, there are a number of filters we knew could be added to easily increase our return on investment.
Although teams receiving less than 50 % of spread
bets have posted a winning record, the optimal threshold for
betting against the
public comes at the 40 % level.
In the past, I have concluded that
betting against the
public will produce a positive return on investment,
although the optimal threshold varies greatly from sport to sport.
Although 2008 was an «off year» for plain vanilla «
betting against the
Public» — SportsInsight's Square Plays enjoyed its sixth consecutive profitable year in College Football.
Although we have found that
betting against the
public is a winning strategy, the optimal threshold varies greatly from sport to sport.
Although we constantly talk about the value of
betting against the
public, one of the most popular strategies for bettors is the 80 - 20
betting system.
You can see that
although the units earned remains essentially unchanged, the ROI jumped from 3.7 % to 6.4 % when using our
betting against the
public philosophy.
Although those numbers will likely fluctuate before kick - off, no team has received this level of
public support in almost five years (Green Bay received 88 % of spread
bets against Minnesota back on October 23, 2011).
This article was originally published on March 28, 2017 Past research has conclusively proven that
betting against the
public will produce a positive return on investment,
although many bettors are confused about why this is such...
Although we typically advocate
betting against the
public, this appears to be one of the rare instances where sharps and squares are on the same side.
Our friends over at Sports Insights have long preached to
bet against the
public and that basic idea still holds true,
although you may have to find additional criteria to be profitable.