Sentences with phrase «percentage point win»

The GOP is expected to notch about a 5 percentage point win and avoid its second special election debacle in two months.

Not exact matches

Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi staged his stunning political comeback, and came within less than a percentage point of winning the last week's election, on an anti-austerity, anti-German platform, mixed with promises of rescinding a widely resented and highly regressive real estate tax.

In every scenario they back - tested, various portfolios of CHAA — winning companies substantially outperformed the returns of the S&P from 2001 to 2014 — often by 200 percentage points or more.

Wang estimates Democratic congressional candidates would need to win the 2018 nationwide vote by 7 to 12 percentage points to capture enough seats to win control of the House.

Trump had won the Arizona district by more than 20 percentage points in 2016.

The Monmouth poll found that in counties that Trump or Hillary Clinton, his Democratic challenger, won by less than 10 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election, 30 % of people say they approve of the bill and 38 % say they disapprove.

According to FiveThirtyEight, Murphy won handily each time, beating his opponent by at least 15 percentage points.

Interest rates are up, but there's good news: growth companies continue to win new bank financing at the robust clip they've maintained since early 1993, when rates were about a percentage point lower.

The first hotels will open in Mississippi, where Trump won by 18 percentage points in the presidential race.

This is not simply because Harper is better liked by Canadians who prefer to steer an SUV while sipping their Starbucks (though polls suggest he is); this is because Conservative candidates finished within a few percentage points of winning quite a few of those suburban ridings in 2006.

Opinion of the tax reform plan is divided in «red» counties that Trump won by at least ten percentage points in 2016 - 34 % approve and 37 % disapprove.

Qtrade Investor provides the best overall online investor experience in the Canadian Online Discount Brokerage landscape, repeating as the top ranked firm in 2017 with another convincing win and a score of 90 %, 11 percentage points ahead of 2nd place Questrade who moved up one position from 2016.

And now, after watching the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index fall by several percentage points since Thursday and bounce some of the way back on Tuesday, you have a different kind of fear: that all the stock market riches have been won already or that your emotions will get the best of you amid all of the volatility.

How much did your actual production on the court translate into percentage contribution to wins (Win Shares), the net value of points scored while you were on the floor (Box Plus Minus), and the value that your individual game added relative to a «replacement level» player (VORP)?

The Indians have gone 49 - 33 since that season low point in late - May, good for a.598 winning percentage, and their run differential in that 82 - game stretch is +133.

This lopsided betting moved the line.5 - 1.0 point at most books and, as we have learned, a half point line movement can increase your winning percentage by two percent.

Simply adding that additional half point can increase your long - term winning percentage by 2 %.

A line move of 0.5 to 1.0 points can impact your expected winning percentage by 2 % -5 % so make sure you are gaining the best value by always shopping for the best line.

As wiith all betting systems, we recommend factoring in more filters, like Smart Money triggers and shopping for the best line (which can improve your win percentage 2 % -5 % if you're consistently betting dogs and finding books that shade.5 point to 1 point off the market.)

Our research agrees with industry estimates that a line move of 0.5 to 1.0 point can impact your expected winning percentage by 2 % -5 %.

Simply picking up that extra half - point can help increase your winning percentage by two percent, but shopping for the best line isn't limited to simply betting spreads.

Betting all underdogs in low - scoring games would result in a 55 % winning percentage while slightly larger dogs (of at least 3.5 points) have covered at a 58.5 % clip.

The coaching staff has decided to give personnel looks to the opposing offense to encourage running the ball against them and is willing to play the percentages of them being able to stop enough multiple play march down the field drives and be stingy enough about stopping touchdowns to allow this team to hold others to a low enough score to allow an average offensive showing by our offense to score enough points to win.

To make things that much more complicated, over in the AL, there are six teams bunched up like that in part because just.001 points of winning percentage separate the Orioles and Blue Jays in the AL East — the Red Sox hold the second wild card and are just two games back of the division lead themselves, and the only way the O's and Jays both end up with a wild card is if Boston leapfrogs them for the division.

The Cardinals were the most improved team in the major leagues last season, raising their winning percentage by more than 100 points (from.434 to.543) over 1995.

Prize money was determined by points scored as well as won - loss, and while Buchholz had a perfect 31.0 VASSS average, Roche edged him out in total earnings with $ 1,612.40, by virtue of winning a greater percentage of his points, even though he did lose an exciting 31 - 30 set to Drysdale.

Last season the Mets» winning percentage after the All - Star break -LRB-.587) was 225 points higher than their percentage during the first half of the season -LRB-.362).

With the All - Star Game as the break point, only three teams since 1933 have had a greater improvement in their winning percentage from the first half of the season to the second.

The Braves».610 winning percentage over the last five seasons is 69 points higher than that of the White Sox -LRB-.541), owners of the second - best record in the major leagues during that same span.

Because NFL teams most often score in multiples of 3 (field goals) and 7 (touchdowns + extra points), getting on or off these key numbers can have a significant effect on your winning percentage and units won.

When filtering the data down to strictly home teams receiving less than 20 % of spread bets, I was wondering what the winning percentage was for home dogs getting 7 or more points that are receiving less than 20 % of spread bets?

Our research revealed a 52.3 % winning percentage for all 10 + point home dogs, and that percentage escalated as we...

For example, knowing that teams receiving less than 30 % of public bets is valuable information, however, if you only examined the specific data points (i.e. 17 %) with the highest units won, you could create a system with a greater ROI but you wouldn't have learned anything particularly valuable — especially considering that the public betting percentage could move a single point after placing your bet, thus falling out of your system.

Only the top five runners score points in each race, so if there are a hundred runners, only a small percentage are going to «win» in any sense.

Keep your browser pointed to SportsInsights» blog for information on the sports marketplace and especially SportsInsights.com for research, long - term winning strategies, live odds, and our key indicator: betting percentages compiled from multiple online sportsbooks.

When adding betting percentage and point spread filters, that winning percentage becomes even greater.

Getting an extra half - point can increase your long - term winning percentage by 1 - 2 %, which is why we strongly recommend that users have access to three different types of sportsbooks: one square (like Bovada, BetOnline or Sports Interaction), one reduced juice (like 5Dimes or Pinnacle) and one sharp (like Bookmaker / CRIS or The Greek).

Our research revealed a 52.3 % winning percentage for all 10 + point home dogs, and that percentage escalated as we filtered the games with lower and lower public betting percentages.

To do this, we can easily convert a point spread into a winning percentage for every game this year.

Betting on Home Dogs Against the Public (at the 30 % level) resulted in just a 42 % winning percentage at various point spreads in 2008.

If they were a large favorite (4 + points) that winning percentage takes another substantial jump.

Since 2008, we've seen the same correlation as ATS win percentage increased with the amount of points a home underdog receives.

Our research has uncovered that taking a play with an additional 1 - 2 points can increase your winning percentage by 3 - 4 %, so it is imperative to any sports investor that you are always able to grab the best line available.

Simply getting an extra half - point can increase your long term winning percentage by 2 %, and that half - point is particularly important when dealing with key numbers.

After winning the MVP in 2015, Harper saw his on - base percentage drop nearly 100 points last year and he was only able to put up only a little more than 1/3 of the production that he did in 2015 according to fWAR.

Simply getting an extra point or half - point can improve your winning percentage by 2 - 4 % over the long haul.

This year, we also present a chart that shows how your winning percentage can increase with point spread.

Our research indications that continually getting an extra 0.5 - point to 1.0 - point every time you bet will increase your win percentage by 1 - 3 %.

Simply getting an extra half - point can increase your expected winning percentage by 2 %, so getting an additional 1.5 - points is crucial for bettors.

We often encourage our users to shop around and find the best line, because it can increase your winning percentage by a few points over time.