Sentences with phrase «of side bets»

If you want to count in the shenanigans that occur as a result of shorting (naked or legal), those are a series of side bets that do not change the total number of shares / bonds outstanding.
Most of the CDS market is just a series of side bets, with little or no true hedging going on.
This game is currently the most lopsided - bet game of the week, with just 14 % of the side bets and just 12 % of the teasers and parlays taking the Cleveland Browns.
The details turned out to be that no «bundles» had been wagered, no «load of side bets» picked up by Eddie Stanky.
Unfortunately some sportswriters reported that Eddie Stanky, the St. Louis manager, had «picked up a load of side bets» and that «the Dodger lads went for a bundle.»
The spread, or line, is a type of side bet that equalizes the chance of winning a wager.

Not exact matches

A few other reviewers have said the same, so I'm betting LG will return to side buttons with the next iteration of its flagship Android phone.
However, they hedge their bets ever so slightly, whether that means cultivating their networks and looking for additional opportunities, even when things seem to be going great — or even launching a full - blown side business or second (or third) source of income.
Turner: On the equity side, you said earlier in the year that the stock market had maybe gotten ahead of itself in terms of betting on the success of various administration policies that might give the economy a boost.
(This year's event could even see some side bets on whether there will be another envelope snafu at the end of the night, though the Academy and PricewaterhouseCoopers have taken some precautions against that possibility.)
It's not the first time a late, broken play has changed the outcome of bets and fantasy matchups across the country — earlier in the season the Chiefs had a similar play on «Monday Night Football» against the Redskins, leaving bettors elated or furious depending on which side of the game they were on.
As long as we're not hit with a free possession by a team scoring right before halftime, this feels like the right side of this bet.
Here, Buffett was definitely on the correct side of the bet.
People face potentially unlimited losses with CFDs if they are on the wrong side of a bet on a price movement and cryptocurrencies are notoriously volatile.
«The candidates on both sides of the aisle are talking about this more, and you can bet it'll be a campaign issue later on,» he says.
Others have taken the other side of the bet, and overnight Bjarne Schieldrop, chief commodities analyst at SEB, says that he thinks there is a «very low chance» of an OPEC oil - output cut tomorrow.
Looking at the data, I would bet the short side for it specifically — it's fallen about 4.5 % over the last year and thus far shows no signs of pepping up much.
In the bet, Buffett picked a Vanguard fund that tracks the S&P 500, while Protégé Partners, a firm that puts clients» money into funds made up of hedge funds, took the other side of the bet with five of its funds.
While Mr. Bernanke's «60 Minutes» interview was being broadcast, the government was releasing the counterparties on the winning side of the Wall Street casino in bets that A.I.G. lost.
Loeb took the other side of the bet, announcing publicly that he had bought 8.9 million shares, at a cost of around $ 300 million, potentially putting Ackman in what's called a «short squeeze.»
Look, if these two groups of speculators, managed money traders on one side and speculators we call commercials on the other side wanted to wager massive bets and kept their betting to themselves, then no problem — they can have at it.
Nobody seems to want to take the other side of that bet — that this administration's policies won't boost stocks.
Next, we will look at the other side of the popular market analysis techniques commonly employed by spread betting traders when they are looking to forecast future price moves and place trades that are based on those forecasts.
But for Uber, such cars are not a side bet but a way to be more fully in control of its business by eliminating the need for drivers who expect to be paid.
In the meantime, both quarterbacks, both special teams, both offensive and defensive lines, and both coaches are taking the other side of your bet.
Chinese officials were still betting on Trump's readiness to make a deal in the end, but said the two sides are so far apart that there is no chance of a compromise any time soon.
«I'm not any further ahead or behind where I would have been,» he says, thanks to a side strategy of buying put options, a complicated tool that lets investors bet on falling stock prices.
Also as pastor, I bet I hear more of the different sides of this than Christine does.
I bet they just pitched him off the side of the boat.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, bet together butter and sugar at medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
Brunson also accepted a side bet of $ 20,000 to his $ 1,000 that he would win it all again, but he wasn't doing so well as the first evening of the Series wore on.
The 7/1 (8.0) on offer to join us is a little short for this type of bet personally, and his proneness to injury is hardly expected to improve with our side...
The logic behind fading to get the points makes a ton of sense as it adds up in the long run, but I don't see it if you're simply betting one side despite no line movement just because everyone is on the other side.
While this type of lop - sided NBA Finals betting certainly fits into our betting against the public philosophy, it was another postseason trend that could pay dividends to NBA bettors.
We still haven't seen sharp money take a side, but this free line value is a hallmark of the contrarian betting strategy.
If the general public (based on Betting Percentage) is on one side of the game, but the point spread moves in the opposite direction, it is often an indicator that «big money» (and most likely «smart money») is taking a position in the direction of the line movement (and opposite to the Public).
One of the difficulties with following steam is that wiseguys know that bettors are willing to chase the steam, so they will intentionally bet one side of a game just so they can buy back the other side at a better number.
In the most lop - sided bet game today, St. Bonaventure is receiving just 24 % of spread wagers.
Oddsmakers are able to anticipate which games will take one - sided public betting, so they typically shade their opening lines to account for the predictable flood of public money.
For the record, it is still early and very few bets have come down on this game, however, two Steam Moves (BetUS and CRIS) have already been triggered, indicating sharp money already likes one side of this matchup.
Betting market: As of Sunday morning, the Jets were one of the favorite Week 14 public sides (67 %).
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.
This incredibly one - sided betting has pushed the line to 14.5 - points at a majority of the market - setting sportsbooks including Cris and Pinnacle.
Generally speaking, you'd have somewhere between a -2 % and -3 % ROI if you were to blindly bet all of the sides and totals.
Those are almost exclusively marquee rivalry games with extreme levels of one - sided public betting.
In fact, they only received 24 % of spread bets in their Week 2 matchup against the Packers which was the second least popular side of the young season.
This would cloud the data when we said 77 % of Bet Labs users are on this side because many of those systems would actually say to fade that team.
Sports Insights MLB Betting Systems have yet to trigger a move on either side of this game, indicating the line - movement is likely attributed to the influx of public money on St. Louis.
Oddly enough, the total has actually dropped from 137 to 135 despite a lop - sided betting percentage with 61 % of the public taking the over and reports that it will not rain this evening.
As another old enemy, Michael Owen, said about the match in his Premier League betting preview: «Tony Pulis has lost only one of his last six Premier League home games with Arsenal and I expect to see his side bounce back after a couple of disappointing performances in recent weeks,»
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