{"id":19297,"date":"2022-10-30T10:26:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T15:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=19297"},"modified":"2023-05-16T17:11:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T22:11:27","slug":"market-report-nfl-week-8-who-is-the-public-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/market-report-nfl-week-8-who-is-the-public-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Report NFL Week 8; Who Is the Public Betting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4:25&nbsp;<\/strong>Minnesota Gophers in a rout the latest in a splendid life that goes back to scorephone days of last century. Late Info 6-1 recently. NBA this week?&nbsp;<strong>4:25 ET high profile game total on Rams vs. 49ers total at&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8Biggest public consensus in term of percentage of bets: Las Vegas, Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8Most lopsided bets in term of percentage of money and biggest sportsbook liabilities: San Francisco, Arizona; NY Jets UNDER, Buffalo UNDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8Sharp versus square metrics AKA pros versus Joes: NY Jets UNDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8Biggest line moves with opening odds followed by current odds: Atlanta -6.5 to -4, Tennessee -3.5 to -1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a belief that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/75OJFu-QQxs\">contrarian betting<\/a>\u00a0is one of the strongest tools of professional gamblers. The books win more often than lose and fading the public is what many sharps exploit as a weapon. Most contrarian handicapper love to fade based on percentage of bets, believing the squarest intel comes from the smallest wagers. Others believe percentage of money is the most effective tool, because they are rooting for the same bets as the always profitable sportsbooks, of course you can also check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vertical23.com\/sports\/nba\/\">top NBA picks<\/a> to find what to bet on as well. The above link shows the most successful professional gamblers have a sliding scale.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theory is to bet against the public. However, some use the splits and bet on the teams that have a significantly higher percentage of money than bets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[table id=2 \/]&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4:25&nbsp;Minnesota Gophers in a rout the latest in a splendid life that goes back to scorephone days of last century. Late Info 6-1 recently. NBA this week?&nbsp;4:25 ET high profile game total on Rams vs. 49ers total at&nbsp;OffshoreInsiders.com \ud83c\udfc8Biggest public consensus in term of percentage of bets: Las Vegas, Washington \ud83c\udfc8Most lopsided bets in term &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/market-report-nfl-week-8-who-is-the-public-betting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Market Report NFL Week 8; Who Is the Public Betting?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19297","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19622,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19297\/revisions\/19622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}