Sentences with phrase «of square bettors»

During the regular season we'll typically see the majority of square bettors hammering the favorite, but sportsbooks take enough action from sharp bettors to mitigate their risk.

Interestingly, this actually mirrors the NFL playoffs, where the influx of square bettors causes a seismic shift in the sports betting marketplace.

Because you were always laying a minus number, betting on favorites burned a huge hole in the pockets of square bettors.

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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.

A majority of bettors are considered to be squares — casual weekend warriors who place their wagers mainly based on instinct.

In the sports betting marketplace, we often reference two types of bettors: «sharps» and «squares.»

The NFL attracts a large number of «square» or «public» bettors, and these largely uninformed individuals can help create artificial line value for sharp bettors.

This is the time of year when square bettors flock to sports betting marketplace, making it an ideal time for sharp bettors to find value.

Square bettors are prone to betting these games for one simple reason — they plan on watching the game and they want some sort of vested interest.

One of the biggest differences between sharp sports bettors and squares is that sharps understand the importance of getting the best of the number.

This looks like the quintessential example of «Sharps vs. Squares» with casual bettors taking Arkansas and sharp bettors taking Auburn.

Finally, here is a list of prop bets available at Bovada, a squarer book with lower limits that attracts public bettors.

By capitalizing on overreactions and the predictable actions of casual bettors (sometimes known as squares), a contrarian can exploit mispriced or artificially inflated lines.

Square bettors come out of the woodwork and get down hard on these games, causing the ticket counts to skyrocket (on average, these games are getting 20 - 40K bets, similar to an NFL game).

Parlay percentage is another excellent indicator of square money since you won't find many sharp bettors taking parlays.

Bovada, which is considered to be one of the most square sportsbooks, posted a prop bet in which bettors could simply say «Yes» or «No» to the question of whether each NHL team will make the playoffs.

Although it does not track reverse line movement like our earlier spread system, it shows how WNBA bettors can take advantage of lines that are artificially inflated by square bettors.

Without any action to get down on (besides the Home Run Derby and Midsummer Classic itself), sharp and square bettors alike are forced to take a step back, reflect on their first - half performance, re-examine winning and losing strategies and prepare for the second - half of the season.

Oddsmakers can accurately anticipate the behavior of these bettors and shade their opening lines to force square bettors to take bad numbers when playing the popular side of a game.

For example, an uninformed (or square) bettor is more prone to bet on the favorite regardless of the point spread.

Most of these silly props come with inflated juice and fall in direct contrast with our contrarian betting strategy, but the Super Bowl is the one day of the year where many sharp bettors let themselves go and fall into the square category.

-- Prior to Friday's games we highlighted the importance of betting against the public in the tournament due to so many casual and square bettors:

This looks like the quintessential example of «Sharps vs. Squares» with casual bettors taking Arkansas and sharp bettors taking LSU.

Unfortunately, there aren't enough «square» CFL bettors to move markets which we assumed would negatively impact the value of betting against the public.

This game provides the perfect example of why bettors should ideally have access to at least three sportsbooks: one sharp, one square and one reduced juice.

The whole concept of betting against the public is based on the idea that «square» or uninformed public bettors create artificial line value by pounding one side — typically the favorite or the over.

This is one of the major reasons that we suggest bettors have accounts at multiple sportsbooks: one sharp (like CRIS or The Greek), one square (like Bovada or Sports Interaction) and one reduced juice (like Pinnacle or 5Dimes).

Bovada, which is well known to bettors as a very public / square sportsbook, posted prop bets for six of the major awards including outstanding series, actor and actress.

It's also important to realize most bettors can be categorized into one of two categories: «sharps» and «squares.»

With square bettors eager to bet on any football game that they can (we tracked ~ 47k bets on the 5 NBA games last night, ~ 40k on the 3 MACtion games), there are more than 60 % of bets on the over for each of the three games.

During the playoffs, the number of bets placed on every game nearly doubles, with much of the action from square bettors.

This looks like the quintessential example of «Sharps vs. Squares» with casual bettors taking Texas Tech and sharp bettors taking TCU.

In the sports betting marketplace, there are two types of bettors: «sharps» and «squares.»

The public tends to be very reactionary and, with the ever - growing popularity of football, sharp bettors can take advantage of these squares.

In a heavily bet game, uninformed «square» bettors can actually move the line which allows sharp bettors to pounce on «Team B» at +11 instead of +10.

This level of public support is typical after an impressive win on national television; however, it would appear that square bettors may be overvaluing the Broncos.

Admittedly, Bovada is a square sportsbook and likely shaded their lines to account for the influx of over bettors, but even so it's interesting to see Manning with such lofty expectations.

The number of public «square» bettors should drastically increase as it gets closer to game time, meaning the line may move back into the contrarian bettor's favor as the line hovers around that key number of 14.

March Madness brings an influx of casual bettors into the market place, and these squares are prone to pounding favorites and overs.

South Carolina is available as high as +16 at some of the square sportsbooks, so we would strongly suggest that bettors shop for the best line before taking South Carolina as a home «dog.

Over the past few years, we have constantly explained that bettors can take advantage of public perception by betting against ranked teams — but what happens when two ranked teams square off?

With two potent offenses squaring off, the total opened at 88.5 yet 76 % of bettors have taken the over.

This indicates that most sportsbooks have likely been taking big money from sharp bettors on Pittsburgh to counter the influx of public / square money on Indianapolis.

This game currently ranks fifth in terms of number of bets placed, but square bettors often like to bet games that are on television, so that number could increase significantly (tonight's game is nationally televised).

It also gives square bettors more time to place their bets, which typically leads to an influx of public money and additional value betting against the public.

Part of this is due to the popularity of North Carolina among square bettors.

These trends offer an excellent overview of which teams are being hammered by «square» bettors.

Since square bettors typically overreact to recent events, one of the easiest ways to take advantage of public perception is by taking teams following a loss or fading teams following a win.

This would indicate that both square and sharp bettors loved the over in this matchup, however, most of that value has now been sucked out.

With square bettors having early season success, now may be the perfect time to buy low on some of the nation's least popular teams.