Sentences with phrase «straight bets»

However, bettors may be wondering whether they should be taking the future price or simply rolling over two straight bets on the moneyline.

They split their money among straight bets and parlays, concentrating on the East team («I have a theory about the NBA,» says Conrad White.

You can be sure the public will pound New England in straight bets and throw them in plenty of parlays and teasers.

Are you winning straight bets, but losing parlays?

Game of the Year and Game of the Month plays still involve the same straight betting as above.

With football upon us, how does the public betting choice compare to actual winners and is the win % and ROI better in football if you play ML dogs or play dogs with the straight bet points?

And they wander off into parlays and teasers, multiple - proposition sucker bets that are far more difficult to win than straight bets.

It's because parlays typically provide the house with a larger edge than straight bets.

This time the line opened -4.5... and KC is getting 82 % of the Straight bets and 91 % of the Parlays and Teasers... and yet the line is going down again!

The opening line was Jacksonville -3 and the Jags are getting 73 % of the Straight bets.

A staggering 79 % on Straight bets and even higher, 84 %, on the parlays / teasers.

You can wait for the extra half point but right now the game is pretty balanced on the straight bets: 54 % for USC but 73 % of the parlays and teasers.

Even the straight bet losses were heartbreakers.

While that holds true for the Straight bets (we wouldn't lay the 7.5 either), there's another rule in effect here: Belichick OWNS Bledsoe.

This week New England opened -8, they're getting 85 % of the Straight bets, but the line has moved down to -7.5 and even -7 at some places.

Checking our Sports Insights bet graph we see 60 % of the Straight bets are on Miami, to go along with 73 % of the parlays and teasers.

They're saying this to the tune of 85 % of the Straight bets and 83 % of the «Junk.»

This is true not only if you plan on straight betting, but of course, for middling.

In an example of a straight bet, you could choose to bet on 1 number at odds of 6/1 (5/1 including bonus ball) or 3 numbers at odds of 650/1 (350/1 including bonus ball) which would both yeild potential returns far in excess of those on a # 1 investment with a regular lottery stake.

Looking at our Sports Insights betting graphs we see there are 70 % of the Straight bets on Philadelphia, 70 % of the Parlays and Teasers are on Philadelphia and a ridiculous 86 % of the Total money is on the Over, which now stands at 41.5.

In effect, it acts like a straight bet on longevity; the longer the owner / annuitant lives the more they will receive in payments.