This contrarian system takes bad teams after a win.
This is one of the most profitable Pro Systems of all - time, a true
contrarian system that goes against public perception.
Right now, we have a good
contrarian system.
-- In case you missed it, we posted a mid-season update to our betting against the public report which detailed
a contrarian system that has gone 157 - 143 for +38.82 units and a 12.9 % ROI this season.
Add in
a contrarian system features last year on ESPN and you can see why there may be value on Tampa Bay this week.
Earlier this season, our friends at Bet Labs published their first ever College Football
Contrarian System.
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.
MLB - Before the season we posted our 2014 MLB Betting Against the Public report which detailed a highly profitable
contrarian system.
-- Before the season we posted our 2014 MLB Betting Against the Public report which detailed a highly profitable
contrarian system.
Is it somewhat of an anomaly that the Best Bet system hasn't done nearly as well as
this contrarian system in the NBA so far this season?
Our first step in creating a winning
contrarian system was to narrow our focus to solely road teams by selecting the «Home / Visitor» filter.
To begin, we examined teams receiving less than 30 % of moneyline bets to make sure we had a strong
contrarian system.
Additionally, our friends at Bet Labs published their first ever College Football
Contrarian System prior to the start of the season.
I like this system a lot but it has been so wretched of late and i can't figure out why, i do not want to quit on it and refuse to bet favorites and lay juice but are there any other more effective
contrarian systems with more consistency or is this system that streaky where you can lose 10 in a row then it turns around?
We have spoken at length about the 80/20 rule — one of the most basic and profitable
contrarian systems.
Not exact matches
Both were middle class products of the English public school
system and elite universities; both were journalist - adventurers, disillusioned socialists,
contrarians, and iconoclasts.
With a very basic and minimal
contrarian approach, you would win just over half of your games, but because this
system would often take underdogs, you would earn an impressive 9.5 % ROI.
With the World Series over, keep your browser pointed to SportsInsights, where our NHL & NBA
contrarian betting
systems have gotten off to a good start (a combined +11 units in their respective early seasons.).
Add to that our 80/20 betting
system, and this quickly becomes a fascinating game for
contrarian bettors.
We were also able to create a very basic
contrarian betting
system for Sunday Night action.
In fact when we add our
contrarian filter to the mix and look at home teams receiving less than 40 % of public bets, this
system becomes even more advantageous with a 96 - 68 record — good for 23.28 units earned and a 14.2 % return on investment (ROI).
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.
With consistent year - to - year results, a significant sample size and a clear cut
contrarian hypothesis, this
system has the characteristics that we look for in a winning betting
system.
A key factor when formulating any type of
system is consistency, and below is just a broad sample of how
contrarian betting is essential at this time of year.
Earlier this season we published our annual MLB Betting Against the Public report which detailed a
contrarian betting
system that had produced +112.96 units and a 16.6 % ROI since 2005.
More importantly, fading the Bruins has been very profitable for those following a
contrarian betting
system.
Similar to our 80/20 NFL Betting Against the Public
System, our
contrarian approach is applied to college football and shows you how to boost your bankroll betting bowl games.
While most bettors would assume that we could improve this
system by examining low totals, we will continue to take a
contrarian approach and find games in which the total was at least 8.5.
Our 2014 MLB Betting Against the Public Report detailed a lucrative
system that has earned +110.96 units since the start of the 2005 season; however, many readers have asked us whether this same
contrarian approach applies to betting totals.
As I found while creating one of our more lucrative NFL betting
systems,
contrarian underdogs offer tremendous value in conference games.
The Clippers fit a number of our
systems including the Zig - Zag Theory, a
contrarian NBA playoff
system with a 22.7 % ROI, and a
system focusing on teams coming off blowouts.
This ideology is exemplified by our betting against the public
systems, but there are countless ways to employ a
contrarian betting strategy.
Contrarian AL teams don't have the type of consistency that I look for when building data - driven betting
systems.
These plays, derived from the information from our unique betting
systems, can be considered
contrarian plays, or betting against the public.
This past season's featured
system includes many
contrarian staples including:
It's also worth noting that many of our
contrarian philosophies can be applied to improve the expected returns of this betting
system, albeit at the expense of sample size and overall units earned.
The Sports Investing Index is based on our Square Play Betting
System, which focuses on maximizing
contrarian value in the sports betting marketplace by highlighting the day's most lopsided games, in terms of the Public Betting Percentages.
This lop - sided betting percentage plays into our
contrarian strategy and makes this game a potential
system play.
After seeing that some of our traditional
contrarian strategies have had mixed results for second half bettors, we believed that we could create an excellent halftime betting
system by capitalizing on public perception.
Auburn currently fits as a
system pick, which further validates their
contrarian value.
The
system, which has gone 22 - 8 ATS for +12.47 units, highlights
contrarian value on underdogs of at least 5.5 - points.
The Ravens also fit several profitable strategies including our ESPN
contrarian betting
systems from Week 6, Week 9 and Week 16.
We don't «love» using an additional parameter in our approach to researching betting
systems — but this approach seems to make sense and is another
contrarian approach that can help investors identify «value.»
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.
Our goal was to combine a number of filters we knew to be historically profitable along with our
contrarian philosophy to create a winning betting
system.
In the past, we've actually found that creating historically profitable
contrarian College Basketball betting
systems can be quite difficult.
One of our most popular
contrarian NFL betting
systems is the 80/20 rule which focuses on underdogs receiving less than 20 % of spread bets.
Sports Insights is now publishing a Sports Investing Index, which reflects the performance of Betting Against the Public when applying
contrarian value approaches to major US sports, focusing on our Square Play sports betting
system.
Our final
system focuses on double - digit
contrarian road dogs in conference games following a loss and has compiled a record of 679 - 527 ATS with +121.89 units won and a 10.1 % ROI.
Our Week 5
contrarian betting
system (which is available for ESPN Insider subscribers) highlights road underdogs who performed poorly in the previous season.