New England and Philadelphia Fans weren't the only people with sore heads from celebrating Monday morning, small bookmakers across The World have sobered up from seeing the initial Super-Bowl line and are now on their knees praying thanks to the bookmaking Gods.
Being the defenceless, unfortunate specimens they are,( I know, I used to be one) big Finals in any Sport is a double-edged sword, in comes the big wedge but at what cost. Invariably they are at the mercy of the big guns, who make the lines for a multitude of reasons which may not reflect the reality of the situation. The biggest fear would have been, although reasonable, the big boys opened up NE-3,3.5. leaving the minnows with one horse books. Now all is calm and a balanced, profit making Final can be had.
I have experienced through years of Bookmaking that situations like this are as rare as visual Comets and bring out every Thief in the District since the last good thing. The incredible fact I always found but could not explain, using this game as an example, was that if New England opened -3, nobody came out of the woodwork.
As I have said before, The Jewish Bookmakers in London call them sufferers and no matter how good a thing they think New England are, -3 gives them a pain in the nuts which can only be remedied by the comfort of -7. No joking, any small bookie will tell you, you can smell them in the air long before they surface. All I am saying is, New England punters are not only taking a mugs price, but will have every hard-luck story merchant in the gambling World on their backs.
Being the defenceless, unfortunate specimens they are,( I know, I used to be one) big Finals in any Sport is a double-edged sword, in comes the big wedge but at what cost. Invariably they are at the mercy of the big guns, who make the lines for a multitude of reasons which may not reflect the reality of the situation. The biggest fear would have been, although reasonable, the big boys opened up NE-3,3.5. leaving the minnows with one horse books. Now all is calm and a balanced, profit making Final can be had.
I have experienced through years of Bookmaking that situations like this are as rare as visual Comets and bring out every Thief in the District since the last good thing. The incredible fact I always found but could not explain, using this game as an example, was that if New England opened -3, nobody came out of the woodwork.
As I have said before, The Jewish Bookmakers in London call them sufferers and no matter how good a thing they think New England are, -3 gives them a pain in the nuts which can only be remedied by the comfort of -7. No joking, any small bookie will tell you, you can smell them in the air long before they surface. All I am saying is, New England punters are not only taking a mugs price, but will have every hard-luck story merchant in the gambling World on their backs.
