Sentences with phrase «betting the favorite by»

In other words, they help create even more demand for betting the favorite by already tilting the odds towards the favorite.

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Montreal is a -120 road betting favorite in New York at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

It's very rare that you're able to find favorites that are being ignored by the betting public, but it's significantly more prevalent during the postseason.

Betting market: The Jaguars are 9 - point favorites for the first time since 2009 and a surprising 62 % of spread tickets are confident that Blake Bortles can win by double - digits.

Since the public is more willing to bet on underdogs during the playoffs, we believed there would be value by taking a contrarian approach and backing the favorite — especially when they were receiving limited public support.

The Heat, who made head waves this season by challenging the 1971 - 72 Lakers» epic 33 - game winning streak, are currently listed as -220 favorites for the series and 5.5 - point favorites in NBA Finals betting for Game 1.

Despite the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to give road dog Jacksonville an additional half - point, the betting public remains slightly in favor of the home favorite Titans covering by just under double digits.

Cleveland is a 2 - point home betting favorite for Game 6 at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

Boston is a -120 betting favorite in Tuesday's series opener at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

The current FedExCup points leader is a +700 betting favorite on the odds to win the Players Championship this week at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

Washington is a -125 betting favorite in Pittsburgh at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

Cleveland is a 1.5 - point betting favorite for Friday night at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

New England is expected to be a 7 - point road favorite in that game, but bettors can view the latest odds and public betting trends by visiting our free NFL odds page.

Money poured in on the road favorite as 66 % of spread bets were placed on the Broncos, moving the line to -3 by kickoff.

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).

Nashville is a -150 betting favorite in Game 3 at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

You cant even get behind your team and show some faith in Wenger by saying i believe we will have a title push without fans saying yeah bet ya said that last season too or jump down your throat with abuse as if you claimed that you believed we were favorites for a pl and cl double.

They also highlight which teams are being hammered by sharp money, offer their Heisman picks, and detail some of their favorite betting systems.

By simply betting against these sizeable favorites, second half bettors would be able to capitalize on these lines that have been artificially inflated to account for public perception.

CRIS opened with San Diego as a 9 - point favorite, but the betting percentages have pushed the line to -9.5 at CRIS, as well as the other market - setting sportsbooks tracked by Sports Insights.

The whole concept of betting against the public is based on the idea that «square» or uninformed public bettors create artificial line value by pounding one side — typically the favorite or the over.

If we look at favorites getting 65 % of bets by game number, we'll see that this really sticks out.

We should start by pointing out that the public loves to bet favorites and overs, so most of our contrarian betting systems will focus on underdogs and unders.

«Taking all of that into consideration, we crunched the numbers and by looking for games where underdogs coming off a loss where they were favorites and are getting less than 25 % of spread bets».

With the line remaining static for this inter-conference showdown, nearly three out of four spread bets remain confident in the home favorite Cardinals beating the lowly Browns by at least seven points.

Nurmagomedov opened as a -550 betting favorite for this match on the UFC 223 odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.

In part one of this sport by sport breakdown, we looked at how well bettors would have fared betting favorites and dogs on the moneyline for the four major pro sports, college football and basketball, and...

This strategy involves taking favorites that are being ignored by a majority of bettors — especially in the most heavily bet games where public money is more likely to artificially inflate the spread.

Betting market: The Rams opened as 1.5 - point road favorites but bettors jumped at the chance to play the Seahawks and the 12th Man as dogs, flipping Seattle to -2.5 by Friday morning.

A runline is very similar to a spread bet in football or basketball, except in baseball the runline is almost always -1.5 or -2.5, meaning the favorite must win by either 2 or 3 to cover.

Since a betting exchange's lines are set by its members, it is not uncommon to find equal (i.e., +150 / -150) or near - equal odds on the favorite and underdog — it doesn't get much better than that!

In addition, a betting exchange doesn't «straddle the line» like a sportsbook does (always separating the favorite and underdog line by exactly 10 or 20 cents, essentially the vig).

If the 55 % only represents public opinion at the 11 point spread this could mean that cumulatively the favorite has been bet on by 60 % of the public.

The other Final Four spot will be filled by the winner of Kansas and North - Carolina — this game has been heavily bet and with Kansas remaining a 2 - point favorite, the percentage of bets on each side is fairly even.

According to our College Basketball betting trends, the Blue Devils, led by their freshman superstar Jabari Parker, opened as 3 - point favorites at CRIS.

Since oddsmakers can easily predict this behavior, sportsbooks react by shading their lines and forcing public bettors to lay extra points when betting on favorites and overs.

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.

Of the 32 Game 7's since 2005, only 1 team has received less than 30 % of bets (Pistons won by 18 as 8.5 - point favorites over Cavs in 2006).

Any other outcome, even if the favorites win the game but by just 1 goal, you end up losing the bet.

If the favorites win by just 1 goal, the bet results in a push, and in any other outcome the bet is lost.

Squares overwhelmingly bet the favorite, and oddsmakers adjust by shading their lines and forcing casual bettors to take bad numbers when they play the popular side of a game.

Suppose the line for a game is -1.5, and you pick on the favorites to overcome the line, you will win the bet only if the favorites win by 2 or more goals.

If the favorites win by 1 goal, then you win the first half of the bet, and the second half of the bet will be a push.

Villanova also won its last game by 23 as a double - digit favorite, but the Wildcats wound up with 63 % of bets.

The Yankees are by the biggest favorites on today's baseball board, but 72 % of bettors are still taking a shot on the Pinstripes, making them also the most popular MLB bet tonight.

However, in the first 24 hours of betting, the line fell all the way to a pick»em (no favorite), a surprisingly big move for a point spread and a rare miss by Las Vegas.

The Eagles opened as a 4 - point favorite and were immediately bet up by the public.

Exploit that tendency by betting home favorites when two of the nation's best play each other.

If you hold a future book ducat on the BCS underdog, then a profit can be assured by betting the favorite on the money line.

If you're certain one of the lines is off, but not sure which, many professionals play «the middle» by betting on both the moneyline favorite and the underdog on the spread.