Sentences with phrase «so oddsmakers»

These bettors generally pound high - scoring teams, so oddsmakers will shade their lines to account for this inevitable influx of public money.

Square bettors will tend to gravitate towards big name schools like Florida, so oddsmakers like Sportsbook.com will shade their lines to account for the inevitable influx of public money.

There are relatively few square bettors early in the college basketball regular season, so oddsmakers will usually adjust their lines based on sharp action.

The lookahead line for this game over the summer was LSU -1.5, so oddsmakers were expecting Arkansas to be more competitive than they have been.

The short line can partly be attributed to the lookahead line over the summer, which was Baylor -10, so oddsmakers still believe Baylor is a better team than Oklahoma State.

I also like the fact that this O / U is set at just 2 goals, so oddsmakers are expecting a low - scoring affair, something that should help the road dog.

He's now at 185:1 at 5Dimes so oddsmakers and bettors don't like his chances of repeating whatsoever.

Again there's a low total of 2 goals so oddsmakers are expecting a tight game, and there's no love for Sweden +240 (10 % of bets) or the draw +204 (10 % of bets).

Casual fans love to bet favorites and overs, so oddsmakers will typically shade their opening line to account for the inevitable influx of public money on large favorites and popular square teams (a la the Cowboys, Packers, Patriots).

The total is currently listed at 71.5 points so oddsmakers are expecting Southern Miss to put up some points, too.

Not exact matches

Oddsmakers don't think so.

The best - value bets can often be found by going against these teams because the oddsmakers adjust the line to reflect the expected weight of public money; so that the underdog is often quested at better odds or receives a larger point spread than is warranted.

Oddsmakers are often in a position where they have to issue lines / odds on a large number of games, so their resources are stretched and they are vulnerable.

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.

Once again Giancarlo Stanton (+800) is expected to lead baseball in home runs, and it's easy to see why oddsmakers are so optimistic about the Marlins slugger.

Oddsmakers must have been very confident that Trout would deny Cabrera of his third straight MVP, and so far that prognosis is looking very good.

Cleveland and Boston, the two eastern conferences front - runners, swapped star point guards and so far the deal has been meet with indecisiveness from oddsmakers and fans alike.

Most oddsmakers are able to anticipate which games will take one - sided public betting, so they will shade their opening lines to account for the predictable flood of public money.

So were the oddsmakers, the pollsters, the pundits and the overall conventional wisdom.

So how much better do oddsmakers think the 49ers will be with Jimmy G starting over Beathard?

Not only do the pundits agree, but so do the oddsmakers, who have New England favored by 15 points according to OddsShark.

Considering Miami's 37 - 4 home record during the regular season, it's easy to see why oddsmakers have so much faith in the defending champs.

He only finished the year with 860 yards from scrimmage so it's clear that oddsmakers expect him to break out in his age 23 season.

We wanted to know whether the oddsmakers were seeing similar trends and how public betting was affecting the opening lines, so we reached out to Scott Cooley, an Odds Consultant for Bookmaker.eu.

However, a small conference matchup will receive limited action, and oddsmakers have no incentive to adjust their lines based on one - sided public betting since there's so little liability.

I wanted to know which player the oddsmakers believed was more valuable so I reached out to Scott Cooley, an Odds Consultant for the market - setting Bookmaker.eu.

Public bettors are often drawn to the Cubs to win the World Series and oddsmakers knew that Chicago had a strong, deep organization in terms of youth players so that price made sense.

Most oddsmakers know which games will take one - sided public betting, so they will shade their opening lines to account for dull bettors racing to the window like drunkards (or myself) racing to the bar at last call.

NFL — If you haven't drafted your fantasy football team already, you're probably getting prepared to do so soon, so get ready with our previews and oddsmakers» take on the key offensive positions:

These oddsmaker rankings fail to correctly pinpoint the value of players like Cam Newton, Tyrod Taylor, Russell Wilson and Marcus Mariota, so they will not be included in either list.

Newton is viewed as the clear - cut favorite to win the Most Valuable Player award for the regular season, so it's not surprising to see that oddsmakers have also installed him as the favorite to be named the Super Bowl 50 MVP.

I wanted to determine whether oddsmakers still believe that Rose is a valuable player so I spoke with Scott Cooley, an Odds Consultant for Bookmaker.eu.

It's interesting to see that oddsmakers have the Warriors listed as the largest preseason favorite since the 1998 Chicago Bulls considering that these two dynasties share so much in common.

It's important to note that these oddsmakers rankings only examine the odds to lead the league in passing yards, so the rankings for mobile quarterbacks are highly skewed.

Oddsmakers have been a bit off so far this season on their totals, with overs hitting more often than not...

Oddsmakers were clearly assuming the Los Angeles would be one of the big spenders this off - season, so their inactivity is responsible for the massive slide from +2000 to +4000.

It looks like the Duke line is so high in the oddsmakers» eyes not because they are supremely confident in Duke, but rather they know Duke is a huge public favorite and they can take advantage of public bias.

Oddsmakers will frequently shade their odds to account for the inevitable influx of public money, so we shouldn't read too much into these deviations.

-- Many fantasy football players will be drafting soon, so find out which players oddsmakers indicate could be offering value to managers this upcoming season.

Factor in the lack of talent in the Northwest Division (Denver, Minnesota, Portland and Utah) it's easy to see why oddsmakers are so optimistic about OKC.

Broadcasters and analysts frequently talk about how Game 7's are typically low scoring because both teams ramp up their defensive intensity, so we were very curious as to whether oddsmakers adjusted their lines accordingly.

It's a short work week, so we're getting right to it with big Monday Night Football line movement, the largest NFL favorite of the season and Cowboys ineptitude forcing oddsmakers to adjust Thanksgiving Day numbers.

With such major acquisitions for teams in major markets, we were curious to see how the opinions of so - called experts compared to that of oddsmakers.

90 % are garbage and the ones that are meaningful, everyone knows about them, INCLUDING the oddsmakers, so this is already reflected in the betting line.

With consistent Raptors money flowing so far today, oddsmakers been forced to adjust from an opener of -3 up to -3.5 and even up to -4 at many offshore sportsbooks.