The massive flow of public wagers
forces betting lines to fluctuate like an inefficient market.
Not exact matches
Knowing all the
forces that move
lines in real time — public
betting, sharp money, injury reports & weather updates — is vital to making a profit.
If more
bets are being placed on a game, it's more likely that oddsmakers will be
forced to adjust their
lines based on an influx of square money.
They understand the factors driving public
betting and shade their
lines accordingly to
force square bettors to take bad numbers when playing the popular side of a game.
The Board
forced Reizner to remove the
lines and refund all
bets.
These percentages represent actual wagers (not consensus data) placed by bettors and are crucial in monitoring and understanding the
forces that move
lines across the sports
betting marketplace.
This, combined with the lopsided
betting action, has
forced oddsmakers to move this
line from an opener of Seattle +3.5 through the key number of 3 and down to +2.5.
On the eve of Super Bowl Sunday, bettors began pushing more money behind the Seattle Seahawks, moving the spread to a pick»em on the
betting board at some sportsbooks and
forcing other books to adjust their
lines lower.
Only if we play a high
line, Per is really great when we have our backs to the wall and the def can't push forward... which I would
bet that Barca could
force upon us.
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).
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What's particularly interesting about this
bet type is that oddsmakers have limited time to set second half
lines, and often times they're being
forced to set several second half
lines simultaneously.
Therefore, it's actually smarter to
bet Washington to win the National Championship as opposed to rolling over a moneyline wager — especially when you consider that oddsmakers would likely be
forced to shade the
line in the National Championship game if Washington upsets Alabama.
However, if that
line drops to -13.5 instead, that means there is actually more money (or more respected money) represented in the 20 % of spread
bets taking the Dolphins,
forcing the books to move to -13.5 to actually encourage more bettors to take the Patriots, even though they're already receiving 80 % of spread
bets.
If Giroud starts then I will
bet that Chelsea will play a higher def
line until they can get a goal and squash out the space for our game changers to make much of an impact, how - ever I feel more confident that Theo will at least cause Chelsea to defend deeper and as such,
force Chelsea to play with gaps between their def and mid or play a LOT of players behind the ball and try to hit us on the counter.
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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.
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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.
We show people the
forces behind the
betting line, the number of
bets, the percentage of money, and the percentage of
bets placed on every game.»
With one - sided action coming down on such a heavily -
bet game, oddsmakers have been
forced to drop the
line from an opener of Aggies +5.5 down to +4.5.
The
betting line isn't designed to predict the outcome of a sporting event instead it's primary function is to
force bettors (of all ability levels) into making decisions before they invest.
Now they're all but
forced to go on a PR offensive and I
bet there is a dark cloud looming over Bioware right now as they know it's their necks on the
line if EA's BS practices somehow ruins Anthem.
I'm ignorant about all these dynamics in China but if
forced to
bet I would
bet that Allison underplays these weaknesses and I would
bet against another 20 years of straight
line growth.