Not exact matches
Right now, this movement appears to be based on public money as opposed to sharp money,
so there is added value on the Dolphins based on
square bettors.
-- 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:
Square bettors tend to overreact to recent events,
so opportunistic
bettors can find tremendous value by taking teams following a loss.
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.
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.
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).
There are relatively few
square bettors early in the college basketball regular season,
so oddsmakers will usually adjust their lines based on sharp action.
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.