As Cy McCormick of the MasterLockLine informs, «The public
betting road favorites, especially early in the year, is very much expected.»
That's just not the case, since 2005
betting road favorites in the playoffs has gone 22 - 10 (69 %) ATS, +10.86 units.
Betting road favorites against teams with winning percentages of 40 % or less in April has gone 184 - 128 (59 %) ATS, + $ 4,768 since 2005.
He said that there has been value
betting road favorites in April against non-playoff teams.
A strong percentage of 76 are
betting the road favorites Indianapolis.
It is no secret the public loves
betting road favorites and this week in no exception with Indianapolis getting 78 percent -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Montreal is a -120
road betting favorite in New York at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
San Francisco opened as a 6 - point
favorite, but with 95 % of spread
bets taking the
road favorite, the line has moved to -7.
According to our public
betting trends, 75 % of spread tickets and 81 % of total dollars wagered have taken the
road favorite.
The
betting public is hammering the Falcons, with 79 % of spread
bets taking the
road favorites.
Michigan opened as 17.5 - point
road favorites and the
betting has been extremely one - sided all week.
Despite the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to give
road dog Jacksonville an additional half - point, the
betting public remains slightly in favor of the home
favorite Titans covering by just under double digits.
New England is expected to be a 7 - point
road favorite in that game, but bettors can view the latest odds and public
betting trends by visiting our free NFL odds page.
In this ACC showdown, Georgia Tech opened as a 9 - point
road favorite and have received 75 % of spread
bets.
Denver opened as a 3 - point
road favorite at CRIS and have received 77 % of spread
bets.
Money poured in on the
road favorite as 66 % of spread
bets were placed on the Broncos, moving the line to -3 by kickoff.
The underdog Golden State Warriors need a
road win to survive a Game 6 against the
betting favorite Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.
The Warriors opened as 9 - point
road favorites for tonight's matchup at the market - setting Bookmaker.eu, and early public
betting has been extremely one - sided.
Unfortunately, using a simple
favorite versus underdog filter provided no additional value, and
betting against
road teams playing in their second game in as many nights actually produced a win rate above 50 %, but failed to cover the necessary vig needed to produce a winning system.
The
road favorite is currently receiving 71 % of spread
bets, 61 % of moneyline
bets and 71 % of parlay / teaser wagers.
In one of Sunday's most heavily
bet games, the Arizona Cardinals opened as 4 - point
road favorites at Pinnacle.
The Red Sox opened as -108
road favorites at the market - setting Pinnacle sportsbook and have received 65 % of moneyline
bets.
There are still two days until kickoff and these percentages could still change over the next 48 hours, but it's noteworthy that most sportsbooks have not moved off Seattle -6.5 despite 4 out of every 5
bets taking the
road favorite Seahawks.
Los Angeles opened as 4.5 - point
road favorites at Pinnacle and, according to our public
betting trends, received 78 % of spread dollars.
When 80 percent of the
bets are on a
road favorite,
bet against that side,» he says.
Michigan State opened as a 2 - point
road favorite at the market - setting CRIS sportsbook and according to Sports Insights» College Basketball
Betting Trends is currently receiving 64 % of spread wagers.
Atlanta Falcons vs. Chicago Bears The
betting public is hammering the Falcons, with 79 % of spread
bets taking the
road favorites.
Betting market: The Rams opened as 1.5 - point
road favorites but bettors jumped at the chance to play the Seahawks and the 12th Man as dogs, flipping Seattle to -2.5 by Friday morning.
I was wondering if you subtracted the
favorites and the day - game
road teams from the SI Best
Bets for the year, how much the ROI would increase?
Betting market: Coming off the Patriots» high - profile loss to the Dolphins, Pinnacle opened the Pats as 1 - point
road favorites.
Despite the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to give
road dog Miami an additional two points, more than six out of ten spread
bets are sticking with home
favorite Ohio to secure a double - digit victory.
Betting market: As of Sunday morning, the Eagles were the second-most popular public side of the day, getting 69 percent off the tickets as
road favorites.
Clearly, casual bettors don't place much stock in these early results, with the majority of spread
bets hammering the
road favorite.
In this game, the Broncos opened as 10.5 - point
road favorites and are currently receiving 90 % of spread
bets.
The other
bet of the week will be a moneyline parlay of Arsenal / Manchester City (which pays out +116 using Pinnacle's current lines), two big
road favorites who actually aren't seeing a lopsided amount of public support.
The Tennessee Titans opened as 3.5 - point
road favorites at the market - setting Bookmaker.eu and the
betting has been extremely one sided all week.
In this AFC West showdown, the Chiefs opened as 3 - point
road favorites at CRIS and have received 60 % of early spread
bets.
The majority of tickets will continue to come in on the short
road favorites, but if this line does move to UCLA +3.5 or UCLA +4, I'd be looking to
bet it.
Since the start of the 2003 season, there have been a total of 158
road favorites who finished with at least 80 % of spread
bets.
In this week's most heavily
bet game, Denver opened as 3 - point
favorites at Pinnacle and early money has been all over the
road favorite.
So far, Chelsea have already moved from +130 to +103 to win and are receiving over 68 % of ML
bets, a dangerous combination for a slight
road favorite.
Walker and the Mariners are receiving 63 % of early moneyline
bets as a -110
road favorite.
Golden State opened as a 6 - point
road favorite and has already been
bet up to -6.5 for Thursday's showdown with Boston.
So
betting on
road favorites in every first round NHL playoff game has won over 20 units.
Now you might be thinking that if these
road favorites have been so profitable, that they would be a good puckline
bet -LRB--1.5 goals).
The sweet spot for
betting favorites after a bye is on the
road.
In tonight's most lopsided NBA matchup, 80 % of
bets and 94 % of dollars are laying the two with the
road favorite.
No surprise as the
betting public loves the
road favorite with 75 percent of
bets placed on Bowling Green to cover and 71 on the over.
Betting Trends (2/2 to 2/8)
Favorites went 27 - 25 (51.9 %) ATS
Road teams went 27 - 25 (51.9 %) ATS Overs went 27 - 25 (51.9 %) Teams with winning records went 25 - 21 (54.3 %)-LSB-...]
Betting Trends
Favorites went 8 - 8 (50.0 %) ATS
Road teams went 11 - 5 (68.8 %) ATS Unders went 9 - 7 (56.3 %)
Betting against the public (< 35 % of tickets): 3 - 5 (37.5 %) ATS -LSB-...]