Not exact matches
Although the only picks we officially endorse are our Best
Bets, I wanted to examine two heavily
bet conference championship games
involving one - sided
public betting.
In addition, SportsInsights» researchers have shown that «anti-
public» sports investing systems can be aided by keying in on games with a lot of
public interest (such as games
involving nationally - ranked teams, nationally - televised games, big rivalries or popular teams, or games with a large number of
bets).
This strategy
involves taking favorites that are being ignored by a majority of bettors — especially in the most heavily
bet games where
public money is more likely to artificially inflate the spread.
Our contrarian
betting strategies typically
involves taking favorites and unders since the
betting public has a tendency to pound favorites and overs.
Betting against the
public for college sports is only profitable when focusing on heavily
bet games, generally nationally televised games on TV
involving popular teams.