Sentences with phrase «overwhelmingly bet the favorite»

Squares — or casual weekend warriors — overwhelmingly bet favorites and high - scoring teams, which has historically created value on underdogs.

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.

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Our past research has indicated that underdogs have been historically undervalued as the betting public tends to overwhelmingly prefer favorites and overs.

For example, sportsbooks know the public overwhelmingly bets «favorites» and «overs» and adjusts betting lines accordingly.

Betting market: The public isn't overwhelmingly backing New Orleans as massive home favorites, with the ticket count at 59 - 41 Saints as of Sunday morning.

The public's behavior during the postseason runs in direct contrast to the regular season where bettors tend to overwhelmingly favor betting on home teams and favorites.

We know that the public overwhelmingly prefers betting favorites and this matchup provides a prime example of that.

With this influx of public money hitting the market, oddsmakers react by shading their opening lines to the «public side» in anticipation that recreational bettors will overwhelmingly, and sometimes blindly, bet the favorites in most matchups.