{"id":1627,"date":"2008-08-16T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nfl-betting-bloomberg-com-intentionally-spreads-myth\/"},"modified":"2008-08-16T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T16:15:00","slug":"nfl-betting-bloomberg-com-intentionally-spreads-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nfl-betting-bloomberg-com-intentionally-spreads-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Betting: Bloomberg.com Intentionally Spreads Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookmaker.com\/?cmpid=5999_408\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"http:\/\/banners.bookmaker.com\/images\/book_casino_468_60_0.gif?cmpid=5999_408\"   border=0><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The world&#8217;s sharpest sports bettors cannot stop laughing   at a recent article on Bloomberg.com by Joe <span   class=SpellE>Saumarez<\/span>-Smith that claimed professional gamblers avoid   betting NFL preseason football. <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O \/><o:P><\/o:P><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Of course there are many who believe <span   class=SpellE>Saumarez<\/span>-Smith is not that na\u00efve, but has plenty of   motivation to spread the urban legend. &#8220;Joe is a consultant to many sportsbooks.   He knows the offshore casinos make a fortune from the square player in the NFL   preseason and take a bath from the sharp player,&#8221; assures <span   class=GramE>Cy<\/span> McCormick of the online syndicate <span   style=\"COLOR: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterlockline.com\/\"><span   style=\"COLOR: black\">MasterLockLine.com<\/span><\/a> <\/span><span   style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><span   style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><span   style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:P><\/o:P><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The laughing continues all the way to the bank. Later Joe   comments on how most <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 \/><st1:CITY><st1:PLACE>Las   Vegas<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\"><font   color=#0000ff>sportsbooks<\/font><\/a> have low limits on betting <span   class=SpellE>NFLX<\/span>. Apparently he is oblivious to the fact this is done to   limit the winnings of the professional gamblers who stake large amounts, but   encourage the square player who rarely approaches the $1,000 limit.   <o:P><\/o:P><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Saturday is actually one of the best days for NFL   handicapping. First off all, forensic <a   href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/betonsports360com_1.html\"><font   color=#0000ff>sports handicapping<\/font><\/a> founder Stevie Vincent of   BetOnSports 360 unleashes his 2008 Pro Football Preseason Game of the Year on   the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. <o:P><\/o:P><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The top football betting service off all-time says: Our   mastery of football has never been matched nor likely ever will. We are already   in with winning weeks in both so far. We have five NFL sides up now including   four Wise Guy plays. Wise Guy plays from Joe Duffy&#8217;s GodsTips are widely   accepted by high rollers, bookmakers, linesmakers, and fellow handicappers as   the biggest play in the handicapping abyss. This is just fact. <a   href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\"><font   color=#0000ff>Click now to purchase<\/font><\/a> GodsTips betting card for   Saturday. <o:P><\/o:P><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>A Canadian based handicapping site has one and only one   handicapper worth squat. He has hit No. 1 Personal Favorite on the Pittsburgh   Steelers Friday, August 9 and the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday, August 11. Now   2-0 this football season with such plays, he now has two in one night in the NFL   for the Texans\/Saints and Bears\/<span class=SpellE>Seahwaks<\/span>   <o:P><\/o:P><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Authenticated Plays (<a   href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/another_great_new_feature_on_t.html\">explanation<\/a>)   are 2-0 all-time in the NFL with the   <st1:STATE><st1:PLACE>Tennessee<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:STATE> last Saturday and the   Seattle Seahawks on Friday. Saturday it&#8217;s the Dolphins\/Jaguars as an   Authenticated Play. <o:P><\/o:P><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Mark the Shark, the top handicapper west of the   <st1:STATE><st1:PLACE>Mississippi<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:STATE> hits 60-65 % of his   Game\/Total of the Month or higher plays.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;   <\/span>He is without question the top Pac 10 and Mountain West tipster in   <st1:COUNTRY-REGION><st1:PLACE>America<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:COUNTRY-REGION>. He&#8217;s   been offered nearly seven figures per year to join a famed   <st1:CITY><st1:PLACE>Las Vegas<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY> sports handicapping   marketing giant, but has spurned offers because they demanded marketing   concessions that would negatively affect his modules. Underdog NFL Exhibition   Game of the Year, a play he has now hit an industry best nine straight years.   <o:P><\/o:P><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>No. 1 MLB handicapper service for 2008 has you up more than   60 units, one unit per play, thanks to their famed Prime Plays and three such   sides go in MLB Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>All best bets are detailed at the home page of <a   href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b   style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><font   color=#0000ff>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/font><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s sharpest sports bettors cannot stop laughing at a recent article on Bloomberg.com by Joe Saumarez-Smith that claimed professional gamblers avoid betting NFL preseason football. Of course there are many who believe Saumarez-Smith is not that na\u00efve, but has plenty of motivation to spread the urban legend. &#8220;Joe is a consultant to many sportsbooks. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nfl-betting-bloomberg-com-intentionally-spreads-myth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Betting: Bloomberg.com Intentionally Spreads Myth<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}