MNF Customer Appreciation: I will give out any props I have on this page for free.......
It's the oldest trick in the book. Touts who give out both sides of games. You give Team A to 500 people, Team B to 500 others. You are guaranteed a winning streak somewhere.
Given this, 'everyone' is always looking to expose the Scamdicappers that do this. However, THE TRUSH is that many bettors bet both sides of games ALL THE TIME.
Look no further than this past weekend. While we would all like to have had the 'right sides" and just cashed tickets, it simply isn't that ez.
AFTER the games end, it's obvious NE was the right side vs. Buffalo. However, BEFORE the game started the clear cut right side was
1. Buf +3 and maybe
2. NE +1
Given the game closed pk'm.
It's macho, and consistent and tells a better story that a certain side is correct regardless of the price.......but the truth is, how good can Buff pk be, given you had all week to bet them +3 and +3-125? Do we really think the NFL bettors and oddsmakers were so off as to miss a game by three points and let it sit there for the entire week?
This past week I bet Min +2, and I bet Det +2.5.
This past week I bet AZ-3 and I bet Wash +6.5
I liked all 4 bets. I didn't release Minny as it was never widely available. Ditto for AZ -3. I DID give out Det +2 as a free play, and lost with Wash +6 as a release.
For the naysayers that hate the +2, +2 middles, just think of them as betting +112 on each side.....no one would question playing two MLines that were +112 on each side..............
THE UNSEXY TRUTH: Want to win? You BETTER beat the closing number. When I worked at Pinnacle, we queried about 100 of our biggest winners. EVERY one of them had one thing in common........on average their bets beat the closing number........
We are plus 70 UNITS YTD, but we have had back to back terrible NFL Sundays. I'm not going to over react. We keep making good bets, and everything will be fine in all sports......