Back in April, BetOnline.com and LVH were the first sports books to release opening lines on Week 1 NFL games. While there were some notable differences between the offshore book’s lines and LVH’s openers (BOL had New England -5, LVH had New England -7), the majority of lines were within 1 point of each other…. Read more »
After week 7, Ladbrokes posted updated regular season win totals for NFL teams. We bemoaned the fact that no US-facing book had done the same. Well, now one has. And it’s 5Dimes. Not surprisingly, Atlanta has the highest win total at 13 (over -135). The Texans are a game back at 12.5 (over +150) and… Read more »
Here’s the thing: because sports betting is illegal in most states, it’s impossible to determine precisely how much is bet on any sport or any particular game. Thankfully, it’s legal in Nevada so we have at least one reliable data point to get a view into the economics of sports betting. And we can use… Read more »
Hockey bettors know about the grand salami. It’s a nightly prop bet that allows bettors to wager on how many goals will be scored in all of that night’s games combined. The funny part: almost no one bets on hockey. It seemed strange to us that this kind of prop bet was offered on hockey… Read more »
Yesterday, the world stopped momentarily when news broke that Peyton Manning was going to the Denver Broncos. The Broncos were a long shot to land #18 so, once the news broke, sports books scrambled to adjust NFL futures lines. Remarkably, the Broncos dropped from 50:1 to win the Super Bowl to 10:1. And now, they… Read more »
We’re big fans of futures betting. And not just because there have been a number of high-profile scores recently like the guy who won nearly $400,000 by betting on the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series at 999:1 and bettors who backed the New York Giants to win the Super Bowl at 100:1…. Read more »
After all the talk of the Harbaugh brothers, neither will be involved in the Super Bowl. Instead, it’s a rematch of perhaps the greatest Super Bowl of all time – Super Bowl XLII. The Patriots, who managed to avoid a Ravens upset thanks to a last-minute shanked Billy Cundiff 32 yard field goal attempt, will… Read more »
And we have our first major upset of the NFL playoffs. The streaking New York Giants went into Lambeau Field as an 8 point underdog and won outright. Handily. The defending Super Bowl Champions, who went 15-1 in the regular season, exit the playoffs without winning a single game. The Giants now head to Candlestick… Read more »
With the lone exception of the Broncos upsetting the Steelers, the NFL playoffs have played out as expected. In the AFC, the two teams with the best regular season records – the New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens – will face one another in the conference championship game. Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots… Read more »
Despite the fact that 3 out of 4 favorites won on Wild Card weekend, the Super Bowl odds have shifted since last week. Green Bay, the team that has been the odds-on favorite to win the Super Bowl since they won it last year, remains 2/1. But the odds on New England, New Orleans and… Read more »
