Well Gooner
Assuming the “middle” is 20%, as it is at the majority of places, the odds will look like this
-110 – Hom Team
-110 – Vis Team
If home team gets more action, the line looks like this
-140 – Hom Team
+120 – Vis Team
And so on, depending on how much money is bet on them
So the sportsbook does’nt care who wins the game, their money comes from the juice(middle), and i certainly don’t want to care about who wins the game, and whether my player is a good handicapper
For every guy that wins, another loses, that’s what balancing the books is
They make money either way, unless they are “leaning” on a team, but nobody really does that anymore, unless they are certain the fix is in
The “middle” to me is very similar to the “rake” in poker
And i want a part of that action