Best future bets, season
win total bets, teams to bet on and against — it's all here in Chalk's 2016 pro football betting guide.
First, let's see how the most popular
win total bets fared last season (> 70 % of bets across the three sportsbooks):
Using these spreads, we were able to uncover which teams were offering the most value for
win total bets.
You can use this table to see how well your NFL season
win total bets are doing and also to get a clearer view of the playoff picture.
Did you place
any win total bets before the season?
If you haven't done so already, it is probably the time to put some money down
win total bets on a few teams you feel good (or bad) about.
We're roughly two - thirds of the way through the 2014 - 15 NBA season, meaning that many NBA
win total bets are coming down to crunch time.
As a reminder, if you had
a win total bet on any of those teams this season, they'll be refunded since teams must play their full regular season schedule.
Not exact matches
It appears that Las Vegas oddsmakers are not in
total agreement with movie experts, as the online gambling site Bovada actually has Three Billboards (20/23) as the odds - on
bet to
win the Best Picture race over the likes of The Shape of Water (7/5), Get Out (11/2), and Lady Bird (14/1).
Remember, your job is to pick which team is the best
bet to exceed or fall short of these
win - loss
totals:
This offseason we have highlighted multiple NBA prop
bets, including
win totals, Divisional Odds, Rookie of the Year Odds, MVP Odds, and Conference Championship Odds.
Since their future odds are only +610, you would net a
total of $ 710 by
winning that
bet.
The Miami Syndicate had such
total control and such an acute sense of how to «tune» the odds that members were even able to
bet just enough on a trifecta so that a
win would pay less than 300 to 1.
There has been a prop
bet available since the end of last season regarding the
total # of majors
won by either Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods in the 2015 calender year (odds via 5Dimes):
In fact, simply
betting every underdog in games where the
total was at least 10 would result in a
winning system.
In this example, a casino or sportsbook has taken in 100
bets of $ 110 each ($ 110 to
win $ 100), or a
total of $ 11,000.
Although these
win totals fell in line with the Super Bowl futures at offshore sportsbooks, it's worth nothing the juice was not available yet, which is significant on these types of prop
bets.
It turns out, that when you focus solely on
betting baseball games where the
total is at least 9, the units
won remains almost unchanged (+65.8) while the ROI jumps to 2.2 %.
Sports Insights is the only sports
betting odds service that offers members the
total package: live real time odds, proprietary
betting statistics (
betting percentages), and
winning betting systems (square plays, steam moves and smart money plays).
Below are several tables breaking down
winning percentages and return on investment (ROI) when
betting on spreads and
totals for the sports listed above.
We're the ONLY sports
betting information service that offers members the
total package: real - time live odds, propriety
betting trends statistics, and
winning sports
betting systems (best
bets, square, steam moves, and smart money).
-- Fade public in heavily
bet games — Dogs in divisional games — Dogs w / high
totals — Reverse line movement — Teams off
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This came just days after CG Technology released point spreads for every game between Weeks 1 and 16, which
Bet Labs Sports, our sister website that analyzes historical data to create
winning betting systems, leveraged to develop their own
win total valuations.
For those who are unfamiliar with
betting win totals, most sportsbooks will set a line for team
wins for...
Comparing the projected
wins to the given
total and factoring in the juice on both sides, here are the five
bets offering the most value:
At William Hill, nearly 60 % of the money is on Arizona to
win the NFC West and they're also a very popular Over
bet at CRIS in terms of their
win total.
We put together everything you need to know about the move including a timeline of odds changes, Cavs future prices,
win totals, prop
bets, and more.
David and Dan break down the recently released NFL
win totals and divisional odds, handicap the Offensive Rookie of the Year race, examine tonight's NBA action, preview Saturday's Kentucky Derby and recap some of the most profitable MLB
betting strategies this season.
Last year we touched on the
betting impact of Tom Brady's four - game suspension, and speculated that the Patriots»
win total would drop by 0.728 games if the suspension is upheld upon appeal.
This week they break down NFL line movement, explain their top NCAAF value plays, dive into their favorite MLB playoff
betting strategies and give out their best NBA
win total picks.
Will you be placing any
bets on the 2015 MLB
win totals?
BC was the top rated defense in the nation and only 35 % of
bets were on the Over, and bettors were right - Syracuse
won 20 - 17 sending the game under the
total.
Later this week the team at
Bet Labs will be converting these spreads into implied probabilities in order to create their own
win total projections, but we wanted to know whether there were any other discrepancies in the market that bettors should know about.
Baylor is +1800 to
win the national championship, meaning a $ 100
bet would return a
total of $ 1900 if the Bears
win the title (the $ 100 initial wager plus an $ 1800 profit).
At CRIS, here are the 5 most lopsided -
bet win totals:
Good article but why you did not use — opening
totals number — most of the
totals at Coors field will go up not down — I think it would increase profits even more — because everytime you would
bet with 0,5 lower
total you would
win / void more often....
Sidenote to NBA
win totals: More
bets have placed on the Knicks to
win NBA title than any other team @LVSuperBook.
Their customers can actually
win a decent percentage of their «series of
bets», but then suddenly lose a series where the
total loss wipes out their gains in the other series.
It's still more profitable to
bet on underdogs in games with high
totals and by focusing on closing
totals of 5.5 + our units
won drops by 11 but our ROI improves by 0.9 %.
In this example, a
winning bet of $ 115 would yield $ 100 profit, for a
total of $ 215 ($ 115
bet + $ 100 profit = $ 215
total).
We will continue to update this article as more sportsbooks post their
win totals in the upcoming weeks, but make sure to bookmark our free MLB odds page for the latest lines,
betting trends, injuries, futures and more.
First teams to attract 3 limit
bets on the Wynn's season
win totals: Miami, Fla..
This season our NCAAB Best
Bets on
totals have gone 43 - 16 (72.9 %) ATS with 23.3 units
won, and our Pro members have full access to these selections.
This means that the
win totals are moving in the opposite direction of where the public is
betting.
Most sportsbooks will not post
win totals for College Basketball, while prop
bets like «Player of the Year» typically aren't released until much later in the season.
Super Bowl Futures are available before the previous season has finished,
win totals are posted weeks before the draft and prop
bets are rolled out as soon as possible.
In a special crossover episode, David joins
Bet Labs manager Travis Reed to discuss college basketball
betting strategies, NBA All - Star weekend, MLB
win totals offering value and NFL free agency.
The table below displays the current
win total and public
betting percentages for every NFL team.
For those who are unfamiliar with
betting win totals, most sportsbooks will set a line for team
wins for all 30 teams in the NBA.
Has anybody already locked up their season
win total with
bets on the Atlanta, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City or New York?