Sentences with phrase «games by the oddsmakers»

The Dolphins made a bevy of moves in the offseason to improve their team, but are only favored in 5 games by the oddsmakers.

Not exact matches

It's easy to root for winners and high - scoring games, but this basic human tendency can easily be exploited by oddsmakers.

Since oddsmakers can accurately anticipate one - sided action from casual bettors, they react by shading lines to force these bettors to take bad numbers when playing the popular side of a game.

Oddsmakers quite literally put their money where their mouth is, and any error in handicapping a game can be exploited by sharp bettors for significant losses.

Even after oddsmakers adjusted odds throughout the year, bettors were able to profit simply by tailing the Foxes each game.

This indicates that oddsmakers have done an exceptional job of setting lines over the past twelve years, but we believed that by looking at games with low totals we could improve these results.

The Trojans are +112 to win the conference, followed by Washington at +305, implying that oddsmakers are expecting a USC vs. Washington 2017 Pac - 12 Championship Game.

With limited preparation time and an inability to pay close attention to every ongoing game, oddsmakers are more likely to make mistakes that can be exploited by sharp bettors.

The sport's popularity has never been greater, and oddsmakers have taken advantage by releasing lines for nearly every game next season along with countless prop betting opportunities.

Based on the table above, results improved when playing the «over» in only games that oddsmakers expected to be lower scoring, defined by closing totals of 36.5 and below.

NFL lines are typically released on Sunday evening when the late games are still in play, and sharp bettors will typically hammer those lines immediately if there's an obvious mistake made by the oddsmakers.

Oddsmakers can accurately anticipate one - sided action from public bettors, and they react by shading lines to force «square» bettors to take bad numbers when playing the popular side of a game.

With a physical brand of defense being played by both teams, oddsmakers once again opted to drop the total for Game 3.

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.

Oddsmakers can accurately anticipate one - sided action from public bettors and react by shading lines to force these bettors to take bad numbers when playing the popular side of a game.

Ah yes, the grandiose proclamation that a point spread has been messed up by oddsmakers on the single most important game to the entire industry here in town.

There's no «right» way to arrive at a price yet oddsmakers typically have their hands forced to an extent by the market Rather than going rouge, hanging a line at -2.5 for a football game when other books sit -3 says enough about taking a strong position instead of just using pick and then being shocked when every public bettor and professional buries PK.