The house edge against the spread in the NBA is usually 4.5%. Unless you can get reduced juice somewhere this is the case in the NFL also. But using this linked calculator I found that you can drink less juice on the money line. Here are the NBA money lines for April 20, 2016 at betonline.ag:
Charlotte/Miami +170/-195 - House Edge 3.04%
Atlanta/Boston +140/-160 - House Edge 3.11%
Portland/LA +330/-400 - House Edge 3.15%
Warriors/Rockets+195/-225 - House Edge 3.03%
Pistons/Cavs +445/-550 - House Edge 2.88%
Since everybody pretty much agrees that if you can beat sports it is by a small margin, maybe the best win at 4%, then it would seem that being able to gain about 1.5% or slightly more or slightly less by betting on the money line instead of the spread is pretty significant. Here is the calculator that I used:
The house edge against the spread in the NBA is usually 4.5%. Unless you can get reduced juice somewhere this is the case in the NFL also. But using this linked calculator I found that you can drink less juice on the money line. Here are the NBA money lines for April 20, 2016 at betonline.ag:
Charlotte/Miami +170/-195 - House Edge 3.04%
Atlanta/Boston +140/-160 - House Edge 3.11%
Portland/LA +330/-400 - House Edge 3.15%
Warriors/Rockets+195/-225 - House Edge 3.03%
Pistons/Cavs +445/-550 - House Edge 2.88%
Since everybody pretty much agrees that if you can beat sports it is by a small margin, maybe the best win at 4%, then it would seem that being able to gain about 1.5% or slightly more or slightly less by betting on the money line instead of the spread is pretty significant. Here is the calculator that I used:
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