This year's NHL Betting Against the Public article details the profitable points for
contrarian betting between 2005 and 2011, and teams receiving less than 40 % of moneyline bets had won 75.8 units, or a 1.6 % return on investment.
Not exact matches
We would like to stress that the only picks that we endorse are our Best
Bet picks, but
between the
contrarian value and
betting system matches we would definitely lean towards the road underdog in this matchup.
A hypothetical matchup
between Florida State and Ohio State will receive substantially more
bets than a conference game
between two mid-majors, which amplifies the impact of
contrarian betting.
Before the season we posted our annual MLB
Betting Against the Public report which highlighted a
contrarian system that had gone 295 - 360 for +103.78 units
between 2005 and 2013.