Sports Betting Odds: The Importance of Playing at More than One Sportsbook
For serious sports bettors, the value of having more than one sportsbook account is well understood as a means of finding the best line on a game.
Miami Beach, Fla., (PRWEB) August 21, 2005 -- Just how important is it to have more than one online sports betting account as a means of locating the best number on a particular game? Consider how many bets you have lost by just a half point.
"Bookmakers are good and their goal is to set a line exactly where they feel the game will fall," explained Christopher Costigan, Founder and President of www.gambling911.com. "Their every waking hour is spent studying team histories, stats, matchup comparisons and the like. If the two teams play up to expectations, which does not always happen of course, the final score is likely to fall within a half point or point of the posted line on that game."
By having more than one online sportsbook account this 2005 football season it is relatively easy to find the best odds on a particular matchup.
"Gambling911.com makes it easy to go line shopping with our official odds service, PointSpread.com," Costigan said.
PointSpread.com, which can be found at www.pointspread.com, lists betting odds comparisons from a number of sportsbooks including Bodog.com, BetCRIS.com and Nine.com. These sports betting odds refresh every 30 seconds for your convenience.
Gambling911.com looked at a few of the games slated for the first regular season NFL game of 2005. Here they found that the New Orleans/Carolina game featured a line anywhere from 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 between three different sportsbooks. What's a savvy sports bettor to do?
"If he likes New Orleans, he takes the +5 1/2 line. If he likes Carolina, the money gets placed at the book offering a -4 1/2 line. Why would you put money down on Carolina at -5 1/2 if you can get a -4 1/2 line, and likewise why would you take the Saints at +4 1/2 when you can get them somewhere else at +5 1/2?"
There are savvy sports bettors and there are professional sports bettors, those whose job it is to turn a profit consistently season after season. For the professional sports bettor, the above scenario offers up the perfect middling (scalping) opportunity.
"Should a guy have money on both New Orleans at +5 1/2 at one book and Carolina at -4 1/2 at another book, the best thing that can happen is for this game to fall on the number 5," Gambling911's Costigan explained. "This happens more frequently than we realize and I know of quite a few guys who make out big middling."
Middling opportunities and line variances are perhaps most frequently found with college football and basketball games, mainly because there are so many matchups for the oddsmakers to hone in on. Especially with those lesser known college basketball teams - as opposed to the televised games - there is often complacency when posting the odds.
"We say it time and time again here at Gambling911.com, no serious sports bettor should open fewer than three online sportsbook accounts. Not only will they be able to shop for better lines but most bookmakers offer terrific signup bonuses as well, especially this time of year.
For more sports betting odds comparisons be sure to check out the official lines provider of Gambling911, www.pointspread.com.
About Gambling911.com:
Gambling911.com is recognized as the worldwide leader in online gambling and sports betting information. As a portal begun in 2000 dedicated exclusively to covering internet gambling, Gambling911.com has since expanded into various other arenas that have led to a tremendous surge in readership over the past year. Gambling911.com provides all the latest news related to football betting for the 2005/2006 NFL season. Gambling911.com has been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald, The Las Vegas Sun, The Hartford Courant, Fox 6 Milwaukee and many more fine media outlets.
All media inquiries should be directed to Christopher Costigan at 305-867-3880
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