The sweet spot for
betting favorites after a bye is on the road.
Tiger's
the betting favorite after his runner - up performance at the Valspar and headlines a stout field that includes Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Jason Day and Rickie Fowler.
Not exact matches
The Japanese Yen and gold are both trading lower
after yesterday's safe haven rally, as the imminent threat of the widening of the Syrian conflict eased, but we wouldn't rule out another quick change in sentiment, even as early as today, and the precious metal remains one of our
favorite bets in the current environment.
My
favorite way to enjoy this salsa is with Hint of Lime tortilla chips (either Tostitos or Old Dutch), but I
bet it would taste great on nachos (add
after baking the nachos so the chips don't get mushy) or alongside your
favorite Mexican dish.
After adding a few filters to
Bet Labs, we found that all
favorites had gone 76 - 63 ATS (54.7 %) in MNF contests as opposed to the 49.1 % win rate for all other
favorites over that time.
Just one week
after receiving 35 % of spread
bets as home
favorites against Washington State, bettors are once again avoiding the Buffs.
Conference
favorites getting < 33 % of spread
bets have now gone 69 - 43 ATS historically
after Ohio State's easy cover.
As of Super Bowl Sunday, OddsShark has the Patriots listed as three - point
favorites, with the over / under set at 58 on Sunday morning, but moved to 56 1/2
after heavy
betting.
After opening with the lowly Browns as 1.5 point
favorites at home, the sportsbooks have adjusted their lines to present the
betting public with a pick - em scenario.
Add up these factors and one can see why
favorites are the smart
bet after the «Midsummer Classic».
Betting market:
After Bookmaker.eu opened Atlanta as 2 - point home
favorites, money quickly jumped on New Orleans and moved them up to 2 - point
favorites as recently as Wednesday morning.
After opening as +101 underodgs at Pinnacle, the line has moved with the
betting percentages, pushing the Rays to -118
favorites.
After opening as a 6.5 - point
favorite at both CRIS and Pinnacle, many would expect the line to grow with the majority of
bets falling on BYU.
Betting market: Philadelphia opened as 2 - point
favorites, but the line has flipped to Dallas -3 with the expectation that the Eagles may rest players
after locking up home - field advantage through the playoffs.
6/22/16 Update:
After taking this prop
bet off the board, Bovada re-opened the Cavaliers as a -900
favorite to re-sign LeBron James next season.
After taking this prop
bet off the board for over a month, Bookmaker re-opened their Vice Presidential
betting odds last Friday with Kaine -LRB--135) listed as a massive
favorite.
The public darlings Chicago Cubs opened as
favorites to win it all at Bovada, and sportsbooks will surely take their share of Cubs
bets after they made it to the NLCS this season.
After an emotional win last week, the Raiders have been
bet up to touchdown
favorites against the Browns.
After identifying this trend with our
Bet Labs software, we filtered it down even further and looked at just
favorites playing at home on Thursday night.
After examining
Bet Labs» «Spread Range» filter, we quickly discovered that
favorites of -3.5 or greater (or teams expected to be more than a field goal better than opponents) have posted a record of 42 - 22 (65.6 %) ATS and cover by an average of 3.25 points.
60 % of spread
bets are taking New England, now 9.5 - point
favorites after opening as 6 - point
favorites.
The oddsmakers opened the Dubs as 9.5 - point
favorites in Game 2
after their impressive victory, and despite the higher line, nearly 60 % of
bets are on the defending champs.
Atlanta opened as field goal
favorites but the majority of
bets are on Green Bay
after the Packers easily beat Seattle.
Betting favorites against bad teams
after the All - Star break has been profitable in all but two seasons since 2005.
Spread
betting trends (all records are against the spread): Packers are 8 -1-1 ATS in their last 10 games on grass, 6 -1-1 ATS in their last 8 games as a
favorite, 21 -8-1 ATS in their last 30 road games, 37 -17-2 ATS in their last 56 games
after accumulating more than 250 yards passing in their previous game, 35 -17-2 overall, 9 - 2 in the series.
Three other sure
bets: Ben Kingsley, an academy
favorite (he won for «Gandhi,» was nominated for «Bugsy» and even the obscure «Sexy Beast»); Sean Penn, a great actor in a great role in «Mystic River,» and Russell Crowe for «Master and Commander»; he took a year off in 2003
after being nominated for «The Insider» (1999) and «A Beautiful Mind» (2002) and winning for «Gladiator» (2000).
But, one rainy day,
after a visit to Cornbread's
favorite store for his
favorite drink in the world (orange soda), a
bet that he can run home in 25 seconds ends up with him shot dead by police, who have mistaken him for the fleeing suspect in a violent armed assault.
Help local park groundskeepers / total stoners Mordecai and Rigby make their way home to their beloved park
after a mishap forces them to take part in some of their
favorite videogames (I
bet none of this would have happened if they had just done their jobs and not slacked off, but who cares, ADVENTURE!).