Submitted by rsteel on
Sports betting is all about finding value. Similar to finding gold it is not just sitting there to be picked up it is hidden; you have to mine for it. We handicap the 4 major North American sports. Personally watching hockey is my least favorite sport. So what, this is not about fun and entertainment it is all about making money, it is an investment.
A weeknight in October-December there will usually be football, basketball, baseball playoffs and anywhere from 5-10 hockey games on the menu. Where do you think the bookmaker is going to spend the majority of his time setting the lines? That is right where the majority of bettors are going to put their money. That is where the sports book exposure is and I can tell you it will not be on a hockey game. That tells us the greatest chance to find weakness in the lines will be on a hockey game that is flying under the radar.
With 1 MLB playoff game and 1 football game the line maker will spend more time on those 2 games than 7 NHL games combined on the menu for that night.
When you wager on sports because you view it as an investment a money making endeavor than do not become fixated to the high profile big TV match ups. It is not that we do not analyze all games on the menu for value we do but generally speaking it is the lower profiled games that usually contain the most value.
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