Sentences with phrase «square bettors»

The value derived from betting against the public increases significantly during the postseason due to the surge of square bettors entering the marketplace.

During the playoffs, the number of bets placed on every game nearly doubles, with much of the action from square bettors.

Additionally, this line movement seems to be driven completely by square bettors as there have been no betting systems triggered on this game.

These blue blood programs are sure to attract most of the action as square bettors like to bet on teams and head coaches they are familiar with and have a lot of tournament experience.

This is contrarian to what most square bettors believe.

With square bettors having early season success, now may be the perfect time to buy low on some of the nation's least popular teams.

Many square bettors don't follow action across the league and are quick to bet the teams they see most frequently i.e. the league's elite teams.

There are relatively few square bettors during the college basketball regular season — especially in early season games where most casual bettors are solely focused on football.

This is the time of year when square bettors flock to sports betting marketplace, making it an ideal time for sharp bettors to find value.

They understand the factors driving public betting and shade their lines accordingly to force square bettors to take bad numbers when playing the popular side of a game.

It also gives square bettors more time to place their bets, which typically leads to an influx of public money and additional value betting against the public.

This often leads to square bettors backing trendy underdogs.

These games are obviously going to be heavily bet and attract an abundance of square bettors.

As you can see from the table below, this increased volume from square bettors has created excellent contrarian value.

Bovada is a very square sportsbook and they typically offer far better odds on the underdog, however, as we explained in a recent article, square bettors tend to gravitate towards underdogs during the postseason.

Typically square bettors love to pound favorites during the regular season; however Super Bowl bettors have skewed towards the underdogs.

In David Purdum's recent article at ESPN Chalk, he reports that large bets by square bettors taking the short trip from California have been on the Dodgers, but sportsbooks expect sharp money to come in on the Astros for both game 1 and the series.

Since square bettors typically overreact to recent events, one of the easiest ways to take advantage of public perception is by taking teams following a loss or fading teams following a win.

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.

This is particularly surprising since square bettors will frequently load up on small moneyline underdogs (like Oregon) as opposed to betting them on the spread.

Square bettors come out of the woodwork and get down hard on these games, causing the ticket counts to skyrocket (on average, these games are getting 20 - 40K bets, similar to an NFL game).

Without any action to get down on (besides the Home Run Derby and Midsummer Classic itself), sharp and square bettors alike are forced to...

This would indicate that although square bettors are bullish about the Cubs prospects this season, sharper oddsmakers don't share that level of optimism.

The exotic nature of the Mayweather - McGregor fight and slew of prop bets that came along with it was just another reason for square bettors to pay attention to it.

Part of this is due to the popularity of North Carolina among square bettors.

Going against square bettors and taking bad ATS teams against good ATS teams has gone 140 - 82 (63.1 %) ATS, +50.7 units.

Nine conference tournaments are getting underway Wednesday, so square bettors should continue coming out of the woodwork as there'll be plenty of action to keep fans occupied throughout the day and night.

These tournament games typically receive far more bets than regular season games, and more square bettors typically come out of the woodwork this time of the year.

Offshore books deal with square bettors too, of course, but don't have drunk vacationers stopping by and betting on their favorite teams.

This is the first USA game of the tournament that bettors are big on the USA moneyline, likely due to more square bettors following the tournament the later it goes.

The Sox are getting 74 % of bets as of 12:30 PM eastern, but most of those are coming from square bettors who are throwing a few bucks down so they have someone to root for while they watch the game.

Interestingly, this actually mirrors the NFL playoffs, where the influx of square bettors causes a seismic shift in the sports betting marketplace.

Before the Stanley Cup Playoffs began, the team at Sports Insights examined several profitable betting systems to use during the NHL postseason run in an attempt to give our members an edge over the average, everyday square bettor.

If too many square bettors load up on one side (typically caused by an overreaction to recent results), oddsmakers will need to even the weight by adjusting the line and encouraging action on their opponent.

We believed that the average square bettor would continue pounding the over with little regard for the elevated total.

Essentially, oddsmakers are welcoming square bettors to pound the Patriots because they like the Jets to cover.

Most square bettors generally wait until the day of the game to place their bets so it's unlikely that the percentages move back towards Georgia.

This appears to be a case of very square bettors all taking Green Bay because they see Green Bay vs. Tennessee and automatically take the Packers.

With square bettors eager to bet on any football game that they can (we tracked ~ 47k bets on the 5 NBA games last night, ~ 40k on the 3 MACtion games), there are more than 60 % of bets on the over for each of the three games.

Square bettors habitually gravitate towards the league's top teams, and this has created contrarian value taking their opponents.

For what it's worth, it's interesting to see that Ball opened as a slight favorite over Simmons at Bovada, indicating square bettors would be all over the new Lakers PG.

Tonight's in - state SEC rivalry game has square bettors licking their chops.

During the regular season we'll typically see the majority of square bettors hammering the favorite, but sportsbooks take enough action from sharp bettors to mitigate their risk.

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).

Obviously odds from a square book like Bovada won't tell you who the big money is on, but it definitely helps to see which golfers square bettors like, and those are usually the players to avoid.

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

If square bettors are taking the Diamondbacks, smart money will be on the Padres.

Especially in the NCAA Tournament, when square bettors instinctively flock to sportsbooks like the Salmon of Capistrano.

Oddsmakers know square bettors are influenced by the polls and inflate the lines.