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If you think the bookies lose money on any games, I have a bridge that you might like to buy.Vegas has set the spreads high the last few games in order to recoup some of their money that was spent on the Pats earlier in the season.
If you think the bookies lose money on any games, I have a bridge that you might like to buy.
As other posters have correctly indicated, the odds are set in order to get the same amount of money bet on the two teams. And when the book is 'balanced' like that - it DOES NOT matter who wins with respect to the spread. The bookies make money either way. If the books are not balancing before a game, you see the odds shifted - which is just their way to get the bets to even out. The fact that you rarely see the odds shift very much before the game is an indication of just how uncanny the bookies are in judging the 'balancing' odds to begin with.
What the bookies are EXPERT at is figuring out a spread that will get the same number of people to bet on either team. Their odds and spreads have NOTHING to do with predicting who will actually win the game.
Was he just stating a fact or were there actually tears raining down his face?
If you think the bookies lose money on any games, I have a bridge that you might like to buy.
Super Bowls have a way of becoming blowouts. The long game, the long week, it wears you down. It's not often the best game.
That being said, I expect this Super Bowl will be a better game than most anything we've seen these playoffs.