With or Against the Consensus?

[aimar21]

As you know there are betting consensus picks in some sites for American Sports and I thought maybe I could get a profit by using them in the long run by having a decent strike rate.

Everyday members of those sites make their "spread betting" picks and they are all recorded and then turned into statistics. Let's say for tonite NJ spread is backed by 60% of them while NY spread is backed by 40%. I might pick NJ which means I will always be with the public, or I might pick NY and go against the
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[Tulenos]

If you are talking about NBA (and NFL) the books are pretty much aware of the public opinion / can
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[aimar21]

yep, I guess I agree, I was also thinking that you can back the ones with the lowest ATS record to -- To see the rest of this message, please register. --

[Tulenos]

Never checked these stats, TBH, but then again, betting on all teams in a similar position (or -- To see the rest of this message, please register. --

[aimar21]

which is decided to be 50% even by the bookmakers and since I can't get more information than the -- To see the rest of this message, please register. --

[allthethings]

I've always wanted to get stats on consensus betting for Euro football...anywhere this is -- To see the rest of this message, please register. --

[aimar21]

www.asianbookie.com has some but the people are from asia mostly and I don't know how much they -- To see the rest of this message, please register. --