This reverse line movement indicates that
although square bettors are taking the Spartans, sharp money has been hammering the Crimson Tide.
Not exact matches
Although sportsbooks know this information and build it into line, these «
square»
bettors often create artificial value by heavily betting the favorite and forcing sportsbooks to shade their lines to encourage action on the other side (typically the underdog).
Although it does not track reverse line movement like our earlier spread system, it shows how WNBA
bettors can take advantage of lines that are artificially inflated by
square bettors.
Although bettors are favoring Cleveland at
square sportsbooks (i.e. Sportsbook.com, SIA and BetUS), the public is favoring Golden State at sharper sportsbooks like BetDSI and 5Dimes.
Although bettors are torn between both teams, it's interesting to look at how public betting varies between sharp and
square sportsbooks.
Although it's very common to see casual
bettors take the underdog when two ranked teams
square off,
bettors are clearly deterred by the Sooners» Week 1 loss to Houston.
Typically this is a randomized process where
bettors are randomly assigned their
squares,
although some pools (on rare occasion) will allow you to choose your own
squares in a bidding process.
Although a majority of public
bettors will typically pound the favorite, we have also noticed that these «
squares» are prone to overreacting to recent results.