I understand the prinicpal Nick.
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However most good books are actually down at -104 or -105 (decimal prices 1.95 or 1.96) these days
(I certainly won’t play anywhere else … and don’t recommend books who think that they can run -108, -110 or -112 lines anymore)
And most games are actually leaning one side or another – despite the best efforts of the books to make it level out.
I remember reading an NFL piece a couple of month ago that said of the last two seasons short price favourites were taking the bookies to the cleaners … NCAA football was the same.
and it’s certainly true in European football too with Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus and AC Milan all winning 95% of home games between them.
Making money from sports betting as a bookie has not been easy … because punters have simply been able to “coin it” by backing the favourites.
That “juice” is the potential profits – but it’s not there every game – or even for every affiliate – which is why we’re not getting offered a simple share of it.
I wish we were …
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