Posted:
#26
nice call
TheGriller66
Sharks @ Sabres - Largest Bet of the Year, write up included...
Posted:
#29
Quote Originally Posted by Crazy_Train:
I'm pretty sure that's EXACTLY what they want - even action on both sides = no risk and a 10% guranteed earn. I KNOW locals want even action. They buy each other out when there's too much on one side for them individually to avoid getting hit hard. At least around my area, a group of them buy each other off when needed.
80% of the money on Nashville and the line goes from -170 to -155
70% of the money on Vancouver and they go from -125 to -120
77% of the money on Winnipeg and they go from -190 to -150
66% of the money on Vegas and they go from -140 to -120
72% of the money on Edmonton and they go from -110 to +100
Early money came in on the opposite side of most of these teams. I especially remember Kings and Blackhawks had almost all the money on them this morning.
Local bookies care more about even action because they can't afford to lose big for periods of time like big sportsbooks. They also don't have access to the kind of information big books have. Big books seem to care more about WHO is betting on which side rather than how much money ends up on each side. Otherwise lines would move so that the money always gets closer to even, which happens only about half the time. They don't care that the general public is going to jump all over the Oilers in Minnesota if they're getting action from sharps on the Wild.
AJMay
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