During the regular season, dogs are typically undervalued as the public typically pounds the favorite — thus
artificially moving the line and creating value on the other side.
Not exact matches
The best example of how public perception can cause
artificially inflated
lines involves the Houston Texans, who
moved from +2850 to +2210 at Bookmaker following the draft.
With the
line movement correlating directly with our public betting percentages, it would appear that public money was responsible for the initial 1.5 - point
line move on the spread; however, sharp bettors were happy to take this
artificially inflated
line and bet Ole Miss back to +4.5.
Second, this legislation would only affect Quebec, so consumers in other parts of Canada would not have to pay the
artificially inflated price, meaning readers who live along the borderline between Quebec and a neighboring province would simply
move their book purchases across the
line to avoid paying a higher price.