It didn't promote fear, in fact, it's
closing lines specifically veered away from fear - mongering.
Not exact matches
More
specifically, in games where one team received 20 % or less of spread bets, the underdog in that matchup
closed with a better
line (compared to the opening
line) 55.4 % of the time.
Perhaps the market response is
closer to a 49ers fade then
specifically backing New York, but 61 % of tickets and 73 % of spread money has taken the Giants, flipping the
line from SF -1 to NYG -2.5.
And I think the blurb might sound appealing to those who
specifically seek out epic fantasy (I've never described my stuff as epic fantasy, but with the political emphasis in this one and the multiple story
lines, it feels
closer to it than many of my others).
Now I'm telling you to put the credit cards away, but I'm
specifically not telling you to
close the
lines out.