With square bettors having early season success, now may be the perfect time to buy low on some of the nation's least popular teams.
With square bettors eager to bet on any football game that they can (we tracked ~ 47k bets on the 5 NBA games last night, ~ 40k on the 3 MACtion games), there are more than 60 % of bets on the over for each of the three games.
Not exact matches
This looks like the quintessential example of «Sharps vs.
Squares»
with casual
bettors taking Arkansas and sharp
bettors taking Auburn.
Finally, here is a list of prop bets available at Bovada, a
squarer book
with lower limits that attracts public
bettors.
Bettors taking a simple contrarian strategy have likely made a killing while square public bettors are probably in deep with loan sharks... hoping that their kneecaps survive to see anoth
Bettors taking a simple contrarian strategy have likely made a killing while
square public
bettors are probably in deep with loan sharks... hoping that their kneecaps survive to see anoth
bettors are probably in deep
with loan sharks... hoping that their kneecaps survive to see another day.
With public
bettors now able to cash in on Notre Dame if they win by two touchdowns, I don't expect many
squares leaning towards Wake Forest unless the line moves back to 14 or higher.
At Bovada, a
square book that caters to public
bettors, Macron is listed as a modest -110 favorite,
with Le Pen +275.
Most of these silly props come
with inflated juice and fall in direct contrast
with our contrarian betting strategy, but the Super Bowl is the one day of the year where many sharp
bettors let themselves go and fall into the
square category.
This looks like the quintessential example of «Sharps vs.
Squares»
with casual
bettors taking Arkansas and sharp
bettors taking LSU.
With shots being chucked up at record numbers, one may expect that
square «over»
bettors have done well this year.
During the playoffs, the number of bets placed on every game nearly doubles,
with much of the action from
square bettors.
This looks like the quintessential example of «Sharps vs.
Squares»
with casual
bettors taking Texas Tech and sharp
bettors taking TCU.
The public tends to be very reactionary and,
with the ever - growing popularity of football, sharp
bettors can take advantage of these
squares.
Admittedly, Bovada is a
square sportsbook and likely shaded their lines to account for the influx of over
bettors, but even so it's interesting to see Manning
with such lofty expectations.
With two potent offenses
squaring off, the total opened at 88.5 yet 76 % of
bettors have taken the over.
These
square bettors are now more confident and equipped
with additional funds to help inflate these favorite lines.
These blue blood programs are sure to attract most of the action as
square bettors like to bet on teams and head coaches they are familiar
with and have a lot of tournament experience.
Auburn also lost its most recent game, and
square bettors are often fooled into thinking that teams
with high win percentages are unlikely to lose a second consecutive game.
In games
with a lot of action these
square bettors can move the line.