Can someone please tell me, why, if the websites that attempt to tell us which team has which percentage of money or bets on them, why is it that the spread is going in their favor? It's happening on almost 75% of the NBA games tonight. Makes no sense. My theory is that these websites are bullshit and they have no idea where the true money is. The only true way to know where the money is is by taking the bets yourself (or your friend, buddy, etc).
actually, JBL, its pretty simple...i've mentioned it before but if you see an overwhelming fav (as in 80% or higher) getting that much $$$$ and the line goes down on them (say the fav getting 80% or higher of the $$$ openend at -3 and is now at -2) then 9 out of 10 times its a safe bet to go the other way...usually the books are tempting more money and the sharps (usually a deadly combo) have come in and laid a hefty amount to bring that total down.....its called a buy-order which leads to some serious steam.....now lets say that fav getting all that public love opens at 3 and goes up to 4 or 5, the books know they're gonna get hammered and want action on the dog to try and put some mascara on the beating the are gonna be getting...hope that helps a lil...