Well, the numbers aren't very impressive for the moneylines.
3/6/13 lines, looking at only moneyline wins on these numbers: Entire NBA season:
Total games 116
Total ML wins 46
Percentage 40%
Total games w/ line at 3 34
Total ML wins 18
Percentage 53%
Total games w/ line at 6 77
Total ML wins 27
Percentage 35%
Total games w/ line at 13 5
Total ML wins 1
Percentage 20 %
Now, since ML's come with + money, and this is going to be crude, so hang on.
Line of +3 gives ML of +135
Line of +6 gives ML of +300
Line of +13 gives ML of +650
(ML dollars from scoresandodds.com lines)
Hope all this stuff stays lined up. LOL
Now, all games w/ +3 and betting the ML gives us
(18*1.35) -(16*1)
24.3 - 16 = 8.3 units
all games w/ +6 and betting the ML gives us:
(27*3.0) - (50*1)
81 - 50 = 31 units
all games w/ +13 and betting the ML gives us:
(1*6.5) - (4*1)
6.5 - 4 = 2.5 units
8.3 + 31 + 2.5 = 41.8 unit profit for the entire NBA season when betting the moneyline on games where the spread is +3, +6, or +13.
Not bad, may try to manipulate this later to see where improvements can be made. Now, remember, this is for the closing lines and not the opening lines. My database only has closing lines. I'm in the process of changing the DB to include more data for better flexibility.
Someone check my math and logic please!!!