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Jul 15, 2019
8:36:50pm

gwalker All-American

It’s their best predictor of public opinion. It isn’t necessarily

a prediction at all. It’s what they think will split the bets evenly.

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gwalker

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Why are so many people misreading the William Hill story

Adrielle Lone Biker of the Apocalypse

7/15/19 6:25pm

True. But the openning lines are based on a ton of research. Much more effort

Josef K

7/15/19 6:28pm

Opening lines are often the least accurate, especially before camp starts

Adrielle

7/15/19 7:00pm

Least accurate compared to subsequent lines, which often reflect subsequent info

Josef K

7/15/19 7:37pm

Over under bets in this situation are absolutely an educated

ColumbusCoug

7/15/19 6:30pm

No it's not. They can't win 5.5 games. Is their best fire to get

Adrielle

7/15/19 7:03pm

I’ve sports bet a good portion of my life. I’ve had a bookmaker.eu account for

ColumbusCoug

7/15/19 7:09pm

Would you take the over or under?

puntersarepeople

7/15/19 7:30pm

Definitely over...I’m bias but I think we are staring down a 8-9 win seson

ColumbusCoug

7/16/19 12:01am

It’s their best predictor of public opinion. It isn’t necessarily

gwalker

7/15/19 8:36pm

Correct, but they don't assume the public will be wrong.

7/16/19 7:06am

They don't assume the public will be right either. They look at historical

gwalker

7/16/19 9:30am

For 90+ percent of the lines they don’t care what the general public thinks

Josef K

7/16/19 10:34am

True. Replace “general public” with “those that are likely to bet.”

gwalker

7/16/19 12:56pm

^^^THIS^^^

7/16/19 7:03am

you're wrong - last year BYU won 7.5 games...

7/16/19 8:00am

As a Ute fan and a betting fan...

DocPimp

7/15/19 6:48pm

We have three surefire wins

puntersarepeople

7/15/19 6:54pm

Hence, despite not knowing too much about this yr’s BYU

DocPimp

7/15/19 7:03pm

Not when we surprise people and you make a bunch of money

puntersarepeople

7/15/19 7:08pm

The House only wants even money.

Left Shark Coug

7/15/19 7:51pm

The general public doesn’t bet the moment a line is posted. Only the sharp

Josef K

7/15/19 8:23pm

The over/under is the prediction for number of wins

7/15/19 8:13pm

Nope

Adrielle

7/15/19 9:05pm

It’s all about the juice

7/15/19 10:03pm

I need to figure out where I can bet the farm on the over

Tuskaloosa Cougar

7/15/19 10:17pm

Google William Hill sportsbook and you’ll find plenty

7/15/19 10:24pm

Wendover's a quick bus ride.

displacedute

7/16/19 12:16am

If they're reading it it doesn't matter if they're misreading it-House viewpoint

gingi

7/16/19 8:34am

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