Sentences with phrase «point favorites»

After opening as a pick - em, the sportsbooks have adjusted their lines to make the Jets a 1.5 point favorite at home.

Are the Bills good enough to be a 10 point favorite against anyone?

The Bills opened as 2.5 point favorites over the Jets.

The Warriors are 8.5 - point favorites in Game 5.

One common misconception is that sportsbooks will make a team a 7 - point favorite because they believe that team will most likely win by seven points.

As you can see, 4.5 - point favorites receiving less than 40 % of spread bets have been extremely lucrative.

The Warriors are 6.5 - point favorites at many books.

The following night they received just 52 % of spread bets as 3 - point favorites against the Jazz.

The Warriors opened as 5.5 - point favorites in Game 4.

NBA - After winning Game 2 by the final score of 98 - 96, the Heat opened as 4 - point favorites for tonight's Game 3 in Miami.

The Niners at one point were as big as 20.5 point favorites on in - game betting.

Heading in, Notre Dame was a 3.5 - point favorite with history on its side.

Sports Insights» Betting Systems triggered two Steam Moves on this game Friday, but have been quiet since as the Heat have settled in as 4.5 - point favorites across the sports marketplace.

-- The Miami Heat, who suffered a 107 - 96 loss in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, are currently receiving 77 % of spread bets as a 2.5 - point favorite tonight against the Indiana Pacers.

In 2008's title game between Kansas and Memphis, the Jayhawks actually opened as 1.5 - point favorites before lop - sided betting on the Tigers shifted the line.

Betting market: After Bookmaker.eu opened Atlanta as 2 - point home favorites, money quickly jumped on New Orleans and moved them up to 2 - point favorites as recently as Wednesday morning.

The Gamecocks opened as six - point favorites despite the Tigers» superior BCS ranking, and that line has moved slightly to -5.

Tampa Bay currently fits this system as a 3.5 - point favorite vs. Kansas City and is a game to keep an eye on this weekend.

They all felt the Colts would be around 61/2 - or 7 - point favorites if they wound up matched with the Bears.

College Football Week 6 Betting Recap: - This was a memorable week in the college football season and it all started on Thursday night with Arizona's shocking upset over 21 - point favorite Oregon.

The Eagles were 11 - point favorites heading into their Oct. 31 game against Pittsburgh, but the struggling Panthers upset BC 20 - 13.

The second College Football Playoff game will take place 8:30 p.m. ET Thursday in the Sugar Bowl, when 9 - point favorite No. 1 Alabama takes on No. 4 Ohio State.

It's now the 7th straight season that the Sooners have lost a game outright as 10 + point favorites.

The Irish crushed No. 14 NC State as 7 - point favorites last Saturday winning 35 - 14.

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The resurgent Cowboys are 7 - point favorites visiting Arizona.

Bets and dollars are closer to 50/50 and they are back to a one point favorite around the market.

Gamblin»: The Steelers were four - point favorites going into the game, so they obviously didn't cover.

With one week to go before Super Bowl XLV, the line has settled down — with the Green Bay Packers being a -2.5 point favorite over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The 25 - point favorite Badgers were stunned at Camp Randall by a surprisingly feisty Penn State team who took a 31 - 14 lead in the fourth quarter then hung on for dear life.

The Seahawks entered this game as 1 1/2 - to 3 - point favorites depending on where you look.

For example: if Team A is receiving 80 % of the public bets as a 7 point favorite yet the line drops to -6.5, this is an example of reverse line movement.

Pittsburgh has dropped from a 3 - point to a 1.5 - point favorite while boasting 79 % of spread bets.

The Panthers are -5.5 point favorites with a total of 45.

However, a straight up loss to Miami as 14 - point favorites not only burned ATS bettors, but also killed parlays and teasers.

Over the offseason Indianapolis was listed as a 1 - point favorite by CG Technology, but that line has changed more dramatically than Renee Zellweger's face.

-- Friday night then brought on another huge road upset win, this time Utah St beating 21 - point favorite BYU.

In the late game on Thursday night, the No. 4 Gonzaga Bulldogs are a 5.5 - point favorite facing the No. 9 Florida State Seminoles.

The headline says SU is 4.5 point favorite Then the opening says SU is at home Then the article claims homefield adds about 3 points,

However, according to VegasInsider, the Wolverines are nearly a 10 - point favorite now.

We were also able to determine that neither team has been more than a 10.5 - point favorite since March 6, 2010.

Teasing 6.5 - point favorites down to (essentially) a pick»em has not been a profitable strategy.

To clarify, say if I were to look at the percentage of the public backing a home 10 point favorite team around lunch time and see that this team was getting 70 % of the public support.

Buffalo is listed as a 4.5 - point favorite even though starting QB Tyrod Taylor (Knee) is listed as questionable after missing last week's game.

BetOnline, a square sportsbook which has been known to release lines earlier than any other offshore oddsmaker, opened the Patriots as 6 - point favorites back on April 22.

Houston was between a four and five point favorite prior to kickoff, which means if you were betting with Kansas City, you could go from a push to a win, and if you were betting with Houston, you could avoid a loss at minus four.

Over the summer Michigan was a -11.5 point favorite at the Golden Nugget, and this turned out to be a very accurate line despite Wisconsin overperforming thus far this season.