By examining some of the top historical betting trends and
identifying sharp money indicators, we can inform bettors on how they can capitalize on public perception.
By examining some of the top historical betting trends and
identifying sharp money indicators, we inform bettors on how they can capitalize on the predictable behavior of casual bettors.
Although there have been no bet signals triggered and the lack of line movement makes
identifying sharp money exceedingly difficult, there are some betting system matches for Thursday's season opener.
The other way bettors can easily
identify sharp money is by looking for reverse line movement, which is when a line moves against our public betting percentages.
Over the past month, I have utilized the tools available to Sportsbook Insider and Bet Labs subscribers to
identify sharp money and diagnose historically profitable betting trends in the 2016 NBA Playoffs.
In this week's edition, I'll explain how Sportsbook Insider subscribers can
identify sharp money in Game 1 of the 2016 NBA Finals.
One of the best ways to
identify sharp money is by looking for reverse line movement, which is when the spread moves in the opposite direction of our public betting trends.
In the past we have discussed how bettors can
identify sharp money while betting on the WNBA, but many readers do not realize that we also trigger a number of profitable WNBA bet signals — particularly from the market - setting sportsbooks.
Lines tend to more more, especially totals, but in the heavily bet games we can
identify sharper money going against the public.
Another excellent way to
identify sharp money are steam moves.
While we would encourage users to continue following this system, we wanted to show bettors a simpler way to
identify sharp money in the WNBA.
One of the most common questions we receive regards how bettors can
identify sharp money in the sports betting marketplace.
By comparing the public betting trends from our contributing sportsbooks and from the Las Vegas based William Hill sportsbook (@WilliamHillUS on twitter), we're able to
identify sharp money and explain why factors have caused early line movement.
Over the past few weeks we've discussed some of the top betting trends during bowl season, broken down potential championship matchups and explained how bettors can utilize reverse line movement to
identify sharp money.
We also published an article on the blog which shows how bettors can
identify sharp money on the total during the NCAA Tournament.
In our Week 8 Line Moves That Matter,
we identified sharp money on Clemson -LRB--6.5), Mississippi -LRB--6) and USC -LRB--3.5) while pointing to potential contrarian value on Rutgers.
That's known as reverse line movement, and it's one of the easiest ways to
identify sharp money.
We are also able to utilize a number of tools available to Sportsbook Insider customers to help
identify sharp money and other historically profitable betting trends.
In the past we've discussed how bettors can
identify sharp money while betting on the WNBA, but many don't know that we also trigger a number of bet signals for this under - the - radar sport.
Both the Indiana / Iowa and TCU / Baylor games illustrate how to
identify sharp money and, more importantly, how blindly following it can seduce bettors into taking bad numbers.
Not exact matches
We'll show how analyzing betting trends data and line movement can help you
identify which games the
sharp money (wagers placed by
sharps, wiseguys or betting syndicates) is taking.
At Sports Insights, we use our Betting Trends data and real - time odds to
identify reverse - line movement, an indicator that
sharp or big
money is backing one team, and this game is a prime example with the big four - point line move.
By examining public betting trends,
sharp money indicators and betting system matches, I have been able to
identify which sides and totals offered value to bettors.
We've explained in the past how bettors can
identify WNBA
sharp money, but we wanted to examine how we could apply our contrarian philosophy to WNBA betting.
As the preseason approaches, we will continue to monitor these odds to
identify how public
money and
sharp money are affecting the futures market.
While reverse line movement can easily be
identified by comparing the current line, opening line and public betting percentages, not all
sharp money indicators are so apparent.
Our goal is to ensure that our readers and subscribers are able to follow this
sharp money, and there are a number of tricks used to
identify what is responsible for line moves across the sports betting marketplace.
Typically we would try to
identify reverse line movement as our top
sharp money indicator, but due to the limited number of bets placed on preseason games that strategy would be illogical.