Although the public betting was evenly split in all three previous games at the TD Garden, bettors are clearly reacting to the Celtics» recent success at home.
It's interesting to note that
although public betting has been evenly split, Arizona has moved from -1 to -1.5 at CRIS.
Although public betting has been fairly even, the line has moved a half - point from New England -4.5 to -5.
Although public betting has been evenly split, New England has moved from -4.5 to -5 across the sports betting marketplace.
Although public betting is fairly balanced, it will be interesting to see if public bettors pounce on North Carolina as game time approaches.
Although public betting has been fairly even on the spread, there has been some fascinating movement on the total.
Although public betting has been evenly split, the Warriors had moved from -7 to -7.5 at the time of publication.
Although the public betting has been evenly split, the Nittany Lions have moved from -5.5 to -7.5.
Although public betting has been evenly split, the line has moved from Oakland -4 to -3.5.
Although public betting has been evenly balanced, the Capitals have actually moved 20 cents from -169 to -189.
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.
Although both of these teams are currently receiving more than 50 % of spread
bets, this highly profitable Steam Move indicates that there may be value
betting with the
public tonight.
Although the policy game is a major source of illegal gambling profit,
betting on sports is, perhaps, the largest in revenue and
public interest.
Although Nevada casinos remain restricted from posting
betting lines on non-sporting events today, they learned something even more valuable; the value of the publicity associated with setting a
betting line on something that captures the
public's imagination.
If Arsenal do make a good start to the campaign though, as we all expect them to, then there is going to be an absolute dead cert,
although whether you can find a bookie to take your
bet is another matter, and that is for Wenger and Jose Mourinho to have a
public spat with each other.
Although the sportsbooks have taken away a pivotal point from road dog Oakland, the
betting public remains slightly in favor of the new - look Raiders finally meshing on the road and keeping it close at Qualcomm.
Although sharper bettors may often place larger
bets on the dogs, it will be beneficial in the long run for dogs to hit at a higher rate in order to combat the overwhelming
public support on favorites.
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 betting against the
public continues to be a profitable strategy, bettors become increasingly willing to take the underdog.
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 Game 2 has lopsided
betting (which we like), the
bet count is so low that we would suggest laying off because there isn't enough
public action to warrant a «fade the
public» play.
Although there are no current game matches, we encourage you to check out our MLB
Betting Trends page to see the latest odds and public bettin
Betting Trends page to see the latest odds and
public bettingbetting data.
Although monitoring the ticket count is more important in college athletics where the number of
bets ranges dramatically from game to game, there's still increased value fading the
public in the day's most heavily
bet games.
It's also interesting to note that
although the ROI increases as we look at games with increasingly one - sided
public betting, the win rate actually drops.
Although the only picks we officially endorse are our Best
Bets, I wanted to examine two heavily
bet conference championship games involving one - sided
public betting.
Although the return on investment increases as I examined increasingly one - sided
public betting, our units won drops off significantly.
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 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 this strategy still loses money due to the juice / vig charged by sportsbooks, it highlights the importance of focusing on highly
bet games when fading the
public.
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.
Those games are all worth keeping an eye on, as both the
public and oddsmakers alike have been slow to adjust their lines to reflect these pitchers surprising performances —
although based on recent
public betting data, many bettors are starting to buy the Orioles hot start.
Although the overall units earned drops as we look at more and more lopsided
public betting percentages, the increased return on investment is far more noteworthy.
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 Arkansas is getting hammered at the square books we track,
public betting has been far more evenly split at our sharper sportsbooks (5Dimes and BetDSI).
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.
That indicates that
although they're receiving a majority of
public support, there have been several large
bets placed on the Tigers.
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.
Although the
public was in love with New Orleans (76 % of spread
bets took N.O at -9.5), the team fell behind early and not only failed to cover the spread, but actually lost straight up to the Redskins, 40 - 32.
Although there's evenly balanced
public betting for Game 1, the early trends show bettors hammering the Warriors in Game 3.
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 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.
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 it hurts to admit,
betting with the
public over the next couple of days is a good idea.
Although sportsbooks are unlikely to adjust the spread based on
public money, they will occasionally shade their opening line in anticipation of
public betting.
Although a blowout victory for either team could dramatically impact
public perception, I believe we will see fairly even levels of
public betting during the Finals, with the Warriors receiving a slight majority.
Although bettors are torn between both teams, it's interesting to look at how
public betting varies between sharp and square sportsbooks.