who wins week 1. players vs. books

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The blow outs helped the books with teasers as well, books made a lot this weekend but many players still are not playing. 3rd or 4th weekend is when the action increases!
 

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You are so right, my friend. After 2 or 3 weeks the public can clearly deduce which side is the winner and that is why bookmakers try to get all the money the first week or two.

Thanks for this insisghful information! May you break the book over the next few weeks!


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Below is part of my weekend wrapup in Thursday's editions of Daily Racing Form...it mirrors what most posters said above: books won the weekend. For Vegas books, a lot of their profits come from their parlay cards, so that has to be taken into effect. Other posters are right that one game doesn't make or break a weekend, but a string of favorites that are included on a lot of parlays (especially "public" teams such as the Rams, Packers, 49ers from some years, etc.) can add up in a hurry. Just giving my 2 cents (which I can barely afford after last weekend...just kidding
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By DAVE TULEY
In the opening weekend of the NFL season, favorites went 9-5-1 against the spread (the Rams-Giants game closed at pick-em, so that isn't included), but it was the favorites that lost outright that had everyone talking. The Dolphins, a 13 1/2- to 14-point favorite over the Texans, lost 21-20. Las Vegas sports books made a killing on that game, because in addition to bettors backing the Dolphins in straight bets, a ton of parlay cards and teasers included the Dolphins. In addition, while some offshore books had a money line (-1100 on the Dolphins to win straight up, with the Texans at +800) on the game, most Vegas books don't offer a money line if an NFL line is 10 points or higher. Those tend to attract an overwhelming amount of underdog money, as bettors are not as likely to risk $110 to win just $10, but they might take a stab at risking $10 to win $80. So, without that added liability, Vegas sports books cleaned up.

Bettors fared much better with the Vikings, who opened as a 6 1/2-point underdog to the Packers and were bet down to +4 before winning outright 30-25, and the Colts, who opened as a 1 1/2-point dog to the Browns and closed as a 1 1/2-point favorite before winning 9-6. But those were the exceptions to the rule, as the seven games that moved off the opening number went 2-5 against the spread.

The results that kept the sports books from having a huge day Sunday were the Falcons, Seahawks, and 49ers rolling in the afternoon games and the Titans kicking a late field goal to cover a 3-point spread over the Raiders, 25-20, in the Sunday night game. Those games helped bettors cash a lot of parlays that cut into the books' earlier profits.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/49638.html

[This message was edited by tuleythetout on September 10, 2003 at 03:40 AM.]
 

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